Iachr

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.