New penal code a threat to human rights

On 25 June 2020, the new penal code came into force, which poses a clear threat to basic human rights, including the right to protest and the protection of women from crimes of male violence. Honduran trade union organisations, such as CGT, CTH and CUTH, denounced the serious attack on trade union freedom posed by some provisions (contained in articles 553, 554, 573, 574, 587, 588 and 589) that criminalise and prosecute social protest, specifically the rights of association, assembly and demonstration.