IACHR Weighs Honduras Judicial Independence as Government Pushes Back

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 9, 2026 · Originally reported August 8, 2026 by Contracorriente

Civil-rights groups told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of their concerns over Honduras's judicial independence, the removal of judges, and the absence of an independent judicial council, while the government challenged the hearing's scope rather than answer the allegations.