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Judicial facilitators held an outreach session in Brus Laguna, Gracias a Dios, to publicize the Registry of Delinquent Child-Support Obligors (REDAM), with presentations in Miskitu to reach indigenous communities in the remote coastal department.

Five years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered Honduras to remedy exploitation and unsafe conditions faced by Miskito subsistence divers, the state has only partially implemented remedies, leaving the community vulnerable to ongoing labor abuses by private fishing companies.

Congresswoman Erika Urtecho from Gracias a Dios is demanding the government consult with indigenous and Afro-Caribbean communities under ILO Convention 169 before proceeding with oil-exploration technical work in La Mosquitia, citing concerns from local fishers and divers.

Miskitu community members have occupied the Gracias a Dios regional education office for ten days demanding the reinstatement of director Robinson Álvarez Martínez, threatening to continue protests until authorities respond.