Congress Vote

Honduras's Supreme Court has submitted its legal opinion to Congress on proposed reforms to three Penal Code articles governing femicide, including a proposal to create specialized judicial bodies to handle such cases.

Honduras's Congress approved a deadline extension on a contract between the National Penitentiary Institute and a private firm to complete the supply and installation of body and object X-ray scanners at prisons nationwide.

Congress approved penal code changes on May 18 that formally classify gangs and drug-trafficking networks as terrorist associations, but legal experts and human-rights groups warn the expanded, vague wording could be used against protesters and social movements.