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Honduras's national human-rights ombudsman cited an average of 29 violent deaths of women per month over 24 years and warned that legal penalties alone cannot stop gender violence without stronger investigations, prevention policies, and institutional safeguards for vulnerable women and girls.

Honduras's human rights ombudsman reported rising child homicides, teen pregnancies, sexual abuse, gang recruitment, forced displacement, and child labor, attributing the crisis to state failures in protection and enforcement and calling for strengthened institutions.

Honduras's national human-rights commission documented 65 police officers murdered in 2012, averaging one death every five days, with 85% of cases remaining unsolved and most victims killed while off duty.

Attorney Francisco Pascua filed complaints with Honduras's human rights ombudsman and the National Police after reporting his vehicle was broken into and items stolen, which he says is part of a pattern of surveillance and intimidation linked to his legal criticism of previous government decisions.