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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that Honduras has failed to implement protective measures for indigenous Tolupán members of the MADJ (Broad Movement for Justice and Dignity) living in San Francisco Locomapa, Yoro, who remain at risk.

Honduras's ambassador to the OAS deflected questions from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about judicial independence and political trials, saying the government would respond through diplomatic channels rather than engage directly at the hearing.

A regional Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing scheduled for August 5 will allow Honduras and civil-society groups to present positions on judicial independence, but is informational only and does not constitute an international judgment or condemnation of the state.

Honduras will send a congressional delegation to Washington on August 5 to defend its impeachment process before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which cited concerns about due-process protections and judicial independence.