Honduras
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5 Facts You Need to Know About Vicky Hernández v. Honduras
Tags Share On November 11, 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will join the Red Lésbica Cattrachas, our co-counsel, to argue the case of Vicky Hernández vs. Honduras. Here’s what you need to know about this landmark case and what it could mean for trans women as well as the broader LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual,
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Alto a la prisión preventiva de los defensores del agua de Guapinol y San Pedro
Tags Share Estimado Fiscal General: Las organizaciones abajo firmantes le escribimos para mostrar nuestra preocupación por el mantenimiento de la medida cautelar de prisión preventiva para los Sres. Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, José Abelino Cedillo, Kelvin Alejandro Romero, Arnold Javier Alemán, Ever Alexander Cedillo, Orbin Nahún Hernández y Daniel Márquez y Jeremías Martínez, que pertenecen a
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Stop the Pretrial Detention of Guapinol and San Pedro Water Defenders
Tags Share Dear Mr. Attorney General: The signatory organizations are writing to show our concern for the ongoing imposition of the precautionary measure of pretrial detention for Mrs. Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, José Abelino Cedillo, Kelvin Alejandro Romero, Arnold Javier Alemán, Ever Alexander Cedillo, Orbin Nahún Hernández and Daniel Márquez and Jeremías Martínez who belong to
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Vicky Hernández Case Will Be Heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Vicky’s case will allow the Court to develop jurisprudence on the freedom to develop and represent one’s gender identity as a dimension of the fundamental right of freedom of expression.
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Justice for Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres’ Murder
Tags Share We joined a group of civil society organizations calling for Honduras to ensure an independent, impartial and transparent process in the trial for those accused of killing Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. Read the full statement below: SPANISH ENGLISH
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In Memory of Vicky Hernandez: A Long Struggle for Justice
Tags Share Nine years ago today, June 29, 2009, a 26-year-old Honduran transgender woman was killed for expressing her gender identity. Honduran security forces shot Vicky in the head during the night of June 28 – 29, 2009 during a curfew imposed soon after the coup d’etat. Nine years later, and despite evidence that Vicky
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RFK Human Rights, Red Lésbica Cattrachas File Arguments in Transfemicide Case
Tags Share Today, on the 2017 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Red Lésbica Cattrachas have filed their arguments on the merits before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights in a transfemicide case against Honduras for failing to prevent, investigate, and prosecute the execution of Vicky Hernández,
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Assassination of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres
Tags Share (March 4, 2016 I Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins the voices of the human rights community to condemn the killing of Berta Cáceres and call for a full and swift investigation of this awful crime. Berta, a courageous Honduran human rights defender and environmental activist from the Lenca indigenous people,
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Leonela Zelaya v. Honduras: Trans Murder Goes Uninvestigated
Police refused to investigate Leonela Zelaya’s case for 14 years, exhibiting the Honduran State’s disregard for trans people.
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