Honduras Slow to Honor Ruling on Miskito Divers' Rights

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 18, 2026 · Originally reported September 16, 2026 by Criterio.hn

Five years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered Honduras to address the exploitation and unsafe conditions facing Miskito subsistence divers, the state has only partly carried out the remedies, leaving the community exposed to continued labor abuses by private fishing companies.

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