On January 12, 2026, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media:
“Today, we observed the presentation of the final report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) on the murder of human rights defender Berta Cáceres, related crimes, and comprehensive reparations measures. The GIEI, which was established as a result of an agreement between the State of Honduras and the IACHR and is composed of Roxanna Altholz, Pedro Biscay, and Ricardo Guzmán, concluded that ‘the murder of Berta Cáceres was a crime motivated by business interests’ that “was foreseeable and preventable.” Among other things, the GIEI established that funds disbursed by international development banks for the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project were diverted and used for the murder of Berta Cáceres. It also documented that members of the Atala family participated directly or indirectly in coordination efforts ‘in which systematic surveillance, information gathering, and monitoring of Berta Cáceres and COPINH were carried out.’”
See the executive summary and the full report here.
The coordinators of the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organisations in Honduras (COPINH) have been accompanied by PBI-Honduras since May 2016. Berta Cáceres was killed in March 2016.
Video still: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, general coordinator of COPINH and daughter of Berta Cáceres, speaks at the GIEI presentation this morning.
Further reading
–PBI-Canada remains attentive to COPINH’s reaction to the IACHR GIEI investigative report on the murder of Berta Cáceres (PBI-Canada, January 12, 2026)
–COPINH comments on the IACHR GIEI investigative report on the murder of Berta Cáceres (PBI-Canada, January 12, 2026).
