Since its establishment in 2013, the Honduras Project has offered a sustained international presence in a country where human-rights defenders continue to face extreme risk. Responding to a formal request from the Plataforma de Derechos Humanos de Honduras, the team conducted visits in 2011–12, assessed urgent threats, and launched full protective accompaniment and advocacy operations in 2013. Honduras is now widely recognised as one of the most dangerous places globally for journalists, land-rights defenders, Indigenous peoples and LGBTI+ activists. For example, between 2002 and March 2014, 111 land and environmental rights defenders were murdered in Honduras—making it the most lethal country in the world for that category of rights-work.
The Project offers accompaniment to eight human-rights organisations across three thematic areas: land, territory & environment; LGBTI+ rights; and freedom of expression. see more Based in Tegucigalpa, its international volunteers support local defenders by providing visibility, monitoring, emergency alert-networks, and linkages to diplomatic and international mechanisms. The accompaniment approach aligns with the broader strategy of Peace Brigades International (PBI) of protective presence, witnessing and advocacy.
For Canadian audiences and donors, the Honduras Project illustrates how extractivism, impunity, criminalisation of dissent, and the shrinking of civic space are not only local concerns but also part of global systems of investment, trade and policy. On this page you will find a clear overview of our strategy in Honduras, followed by a selection of articles and reports that document the defenders, communities, and movements we accompany, their challenges and their resilience.
