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Congressman Sebastián Romero met with the National Volunteer Council to discuss proposed amendments to Honduras's volunteer law, which regulates organized citizen participation in nonprofit social work and seeks to protect volunteers' rights and benefits.

Civil-society group ASJ is pressing for a public report on Honduras's National Program for Reduction of Electrical Losses, questioning the transparency of purchases and inventory management during its operation through January 2026.

Congress's Migration Commission established a technical working group with government agencies and civil-society organizations to strengthen legislation on human rights and migration issues.

Human-rights and democracy organizations are alerting Honduras to the risk that the new Beneficial Owner Law—designed to identify true business owners and combat money laundering—could be weaponized against NGOs and civil-society groups critical of the government, especially if the CNBS uses it to impose extra requirements that block access to financing.

Defensores de Honduras called on the government and Congress to treat the end of TPS for Honduran migrants and a nearly 12% electricity rate hike as national emergencies requiring urgent policy responses.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Honduras called for broader, technically-grounded public debate on proposed electrical-sector reforms, emphasizing that any modernization must preserve ENEE's state ownership and protect Honduran households and businesses from service disruptions and high costs.

Amnesty International's Americas director said recent Honduran laws—including an expanded terrorism definition and an agro-industrial sector measure—resemble patterns seen elsewhere in Latin America that have been used to criminalize protest, though she noted Amnesty has not yet formally analyzed them.

The Association for a More Just Society and the National Anti-Corruption Council have endorsed a proposal to split Honduras's state electricity company (ENEE) into three commercial companies for generation, transmission, and distribution, but analysts say the groups have softened their oversight of the Asfura government and that the reform has not been adequately discussed with the public.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano has urged the Supreme Court to reconsider Memorandum 02-2026, which requires judges to record defendants' self-identified gender and chosen names in criminal proceedings, saying the judicial directive has sparked strong opposition from religious groups and pro-life advocates.

The Association for a More Just Society (ASJ) reported that over L113 million (approximately $4.5 million USD) in state funds were transferred to a nonprofit during the previous administration through contracts that allegedly bypassed public-bidding requirements, with 90% of the agreements operating outside legal frameworks.

Environmental and human-rights organizations are calling on President Asfura to veto a newly approved law strengthening agroindustry protections, arguing it weakens environmental controls, blocks land reform, and criminalizes peasant land claims under the guise of fighting land invasions.

Honduras's Congress unanimously approved a resolution committing to greater transparency, including salary deductions for unexcused absences, restrictions on members of Congress handling social-aid funds, and permanent accreditation for civil-society monitors from groups like the ASJ and CNA to observe legislative sessions.

A Congressional committee held a second consultation with civil-rights organizations and government agencies on proposed reforms to strengthen prevention, early detection, and prosecution of sexual abuse against children and adolescents in Honduras.