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CASE STUDY - the impact of global governance on Honduras’s
human rights record
Introduction
● Honduras is the 2nd poorest country in Central America - it’s bordered by
Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala
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● MMR in Honduras was 120 per 100,000 live births in 2014
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Issues with global warming
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● The country is still only slowly recovering from Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and it
is heavily vulnerable to natural disasters
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461 in 1980 to 0
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● It’s a victim of its geography because Honduras is a corridor between South
America (where drugs are produced) and North America (where these drugs
are consumed)
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80% of cocaine that is produced in S America travels
through Honduras before it reaches N America
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● Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras and San Pedro Sula is another big city
in the country
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665
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● 44% of the population live on <$2/day (poverty) and 25% of the population are
unemployed
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● The actual murder rate in San Pedro Sula is 173 per 100,000 people
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● The IACHR said that Honduras was the most hostile and dangerous place to
be a “human rights defender” in the Americas
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Human Rights abuses in Honduras
● Police corruption - In 2017, nearly 4000 police officers were removed from
their jobs following reforms to reduce corruption
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● Prison conditions - very easy to escape, guards have relinquished control to
inmates
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● Land disputes leading to the killings of indigenous people (e
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Berta Caceras)
which also fuels migration
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● Very youthful population but high levels of poverty - this leads to high levels of
child prostiution and labour (linked to organised crime)
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● Women’s rights - under the criminal code, abortion is illegal without any
exceptions in Honduras, and women and girls who terminate pregnancies can
face prison sentences of up to six years
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Each week, more than 20 people are murdered in the city
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Local businesses also have to pay gangs $1,000 “protection
money” per month and their staff are killed if they cannot/won't pay
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There are around 36,000 gang members,
compared to 12,000 police officers in Honduras
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● Poverty
● The Honduran economy used to rely on exporting bananas and coffee but
textile and auto part factories are now abundant in cities
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“Banana republic” - countries earning
their money from cash crops… low-profit, so farmers are trapped in a poverty
cycle (trade deficit - link to global shift)
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Many children are put to work instead
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One-pound bags of these scraps sell for the equivalent
of 0
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Working 7 days a week from 6am to 6pm
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Global governance strategies

● The UN sent a human rights advisor to help implement the Honduran national
human rights plan
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● In 2017, the US assigned $95
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The US
provides assistance through USAID and through the Central American
Regional Security Initiative
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● The government set up the ministry for justice and human rights
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● TNCs like Kenco also try to improve the lives of Hondurans, for example their
coffee v gangs campaign which was shown in a TV advert in 2014
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Participants receive lessons in maths, languages and good agricultural
practices, as well as being taught life skills and being able to save up money
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HOWEVER, children as young as 12 years
old can now be charged as adults in Honduras
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Opportunities for stability, growth and development
Stability
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Financial stability is being achieved through bilateral aid from the US
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Under the CARSI, local governance is being strengthened
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Economic Growth

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The USA and UN are helping to implement new food security programmes, which
promotes economic diversification and helps to train citizens to respond to natural
disasters
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CAFTA-DR also benefits Honduras as it removes tariffs and encourages FDI
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USAID is helping to empower communities and is working in local areas to end
poverty
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Efforts to improve child and maternal health and nutrition, as well as to prevent
the spread of HIV/AIDS are providing opportunities for further development in the
future
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Rural-urban migration has led to housing shortages and lack of sanitation/no
clean water supply
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Injustice:
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Judges frequently face acts of intimidation and threats to them and their families
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Attacks on journalists, violence against women and children and discrimination
against indigenous people continues
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Organisations working to support human rights in Honduras

USAID
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USAID’s aims in Honduras are “to promote a more prosperous and safer
Honduras by advancing inclusive social and economic development
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MACCIH stands for the Mission to Support the Fight Against Corruption and
Impunity in Honduras and it is an independent, international anti-corruption body
designed to improve the quality of the Honduran justice system
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Success: the Rivera Hernandez neighbourhood in San Pedro Sula saw a 73%
decline in homicides between 2013 and 2016
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Since 2011, USAID has also helped 20,000 families be lifted out of extreme
poverty, leading to a 53% increase in their incomes
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In Honduras, IFAD has invested $149 million to help farming communities by
providing loans, supporting indigenous peoples’ organisations and improving
rural communities’ access to technologies to make farming more efficient
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Honduras also has a Gini coefficient of 0
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CARE INTERNATIONAL

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CARE (an NGO), has worked in Honduras since 1954, by initially providing
emergency assistance to hurricane victims
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CARE often works within small
communities, which is good because the needs of people in urban areas are very
different to those in rural areas
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