IACHR completes working visit to Honduras about precautionary measures

October 23, 2025

Washington, DC—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) conducted a working visit to Honduras over the period October 8–10, 2025, to hold various bilateral meetings and activities concerning precautionary measures. The IACHR delegation also held a training session for representatives of civil society and State officials. Commissioner Andrea Pochak—the IACHR’s First Vice President as well as its Rapporteur for Honduras—led the delegation, with support from the Executive Secretariat’s technical staff.

On October 8, 2025, the delegation met with Honduran Human Rights Secretary Héctor Longino Becerra Lanza and with Roberto Ramos Bustos, advisor to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, as well as with members of both departments’ technical staff. The IACHR delegation also held talks with various authorities in charge of implementing precautionary measures, including the Office of the Attorney General, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the government departments of Human Rights and Security, and the National Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communications Specialists, and Judicial Officers.

Commissioner Pochak and members of the Executive Secretariat’s technical staff held four working meetings about precautionary measures that are currently in place to protect human rights defenders, indigenous peoples, and State institutions. They also met with representatives of civil society, to gather information about progress made and pending challenges concerning the implementation of recommendations made by the IACHR in its 2024 country report.

During the visit, an intensive training session was held for representatives of civil society and for State officials, focusing on protection mechanisms in the Inter-American Human Rights System and their implementation.

The IACHR appreciates the invitation it received from the Honduran government to conduct this working visit and its support in terms of logistics for IACHR delegation activities. The Commission values this opportunity for open, constructive dialogue at the highest level. The IACHR also thanks representatives of civil society organizations and beneficiaries of precautionary measures for their attendance at various meetings and for the information they shared in those meetings, which provided additional data to monitor compliance with IACHR recommendations concerning Honduras.

The IACHR is an autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS) whose mandate is based on the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. Its mission is to promote and defend human rights throughout the Americas and to serve as an advisory body to the OAS in this area. The IACHR consists of seven independent members elected by the OAS General Assembly who serve in a personal capacity and do not represent their countries of origin or residence.

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