Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say that it is a democracy in the sense that it had elections. I was there for the election of President Lobo and I felt that the process was transparent, despite the difficult context. At the end of this year, there will be other elections in Honduras—the presidential e

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't have an answer to that. I'm not positive the specific measures have been put in place in response to the high commissioner's call. I would imagine the lead agency or institution on this would be the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, which is headed by a woman named An

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Just to add to that, one of the big challenges there is the lack of capacity among the attorney general's office and the police forces to investigate crimes and find evidence and maintain evidence that can then be used in court to secure convictions. So this is one of the areas i

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, the incident you're referring to developed in the middle of December. There's a constitutional wing of the Supreme Court that's composed of five Supreme Court justices. A number of laws, including the law on model cities, had not been passed, and the government tried to push