Honduras
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 20, 1982, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman, Spanish, and partly Anglo-Saxon law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, judges elected for four years by the National Assembly
RELIGIONS
97% Catholic; 3% Protestant
From the country
- MAY 16, 2004HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives...
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives of two of its citizens on Texas' death row, saying its consulate wasn't properly notified about the charges the men were facing
- APRIL 21, 2004HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Honduras was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art. 66 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art. 66 states: "The death penalty is prohibited."
- MAY 28, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International reported that dozens of children...
Amnesty International reported that dozens of children died in Honduras as a result of alleged summary executions in 2002 and that human-rights defenders continued to suffer abuse across the country
- MAY 10, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
According to an official report, most of the 69 people...
According to an official report, most of the 69 people who died in the April riots at the El Porvenir prison were "executed" by Honduran police guards or soldiers after the mutiny had been brought under control
- APRIL 24, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
- OCTOBER 8, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduran President Ricardo Maduro has received a report...
Honduran President Ricardo Maduro has received a report detailing the executions of 574 children and youths under the age 18 between 1998 and this June, 4 percent of which are said to have been committed by police
- OCTOBER 5, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Human rights organizations urged Honduran President...
Human rights organizations urged Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to take action against those responsible for summary executions of young people, sometimes at the hands of police
- OCTOBER 5, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Honduran government admitted that some police officers...
The Honduran government admitted that some police officers may have been involved in the murder of over 1,000 children and delinquent teenagers, killings that suggest a pattern of clean up in the streets and cover up by their superiors
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Maduro called for a thorough investigation...
President Ricardo Maduro called for a thorough investigation into a police officer's claim that the Security Ministry had summarily executed some 20 suspected criminals
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Honduran attorney general, Roy Medina, admitted...
The Honduran attorney general, Roy Medina, admitted that police had been involved in carrying out summary executions of suspected criminals