Coming back to what can be done, I think there is hope in Honduras. There is a vibrant human rights community there who carry on regardless of the threats they receive. I find this amazing.
We have seen some glimmers of hope as well in the government's extending an open invitation to UN and inter-American special rapporteurs. They are the experts in human rights, as you know. We have seen both the UN special rapporteurs and human rights defenders, but also the UN working group on the use of mercenaries visit the country and be able to do that very important work. They've come out with some very important recommendations for the government.
It's very important that we see this built on, that these recommendations not just stay words on paper but form into actions. We'd like to see greater engagement by the government with local human rights activists working in the different areas they work on, both the protection of women's and girls' rights but also wider than that, on general human rights concerns, the concerns of journalist, and engage them in a meaningful conversation about what their needs are and move forward that way.
Coming back to your point about the elections, Amnesty International is concerned that as we go into the election, the situation of human rights defenders could become more precarious as they take on the role of accountability and operate in a situation in which human rights protection is treated with disdain by many of the security forces and others.
We are concerned about the situation of human rights defenders as we go into the elections.
The OAS and the inter-American system have had a very important role. They carry out a very important role in, for example, demanding protection measures in favour of human rights defenders and journalists. We'd like to see the government encouraged by organizations such as the OAS to implement very rapidly those protection measures, but also to take proper action in relation to reducing impunity for crimes against human rights defenders, as well as to implement the important reforms that need to be carried out for the police force to ensure that their corruption is reduced and that strong, robust accountability mechanisms for the police are developed, and indeed for the security forces as well.