DanChurchAid
Honduras
Civic and political space
Building democracy
In Honduras, DanChurchAid supports independent and alternative media focusing on mobilising and informing civil society about issues that are normally censured in traditional media. They put the spotlight on issues such as corruption, social and economic inequalities, human rights violations and injustice.
Combating impunity
Impunity is a serious attack on the right to equality before the law and public security. Several examples exits of people not being prosecuted, for instance politicians, powerful business people or military officers involved in trafficking of narcotics or corruption.
In Guatemala, more than 200.000 people, the majority of Maya indigenous origin, were killed or disappeared during the armed conflict which lasted from 1960 to 1996. Many of the killings were done by military officers, and most cases have still not been prosecuted.
DanChurchAid supports organisations working for peace, reconciliation and documentation of the crimes committed during the conflict. Organisations are slowly progressing in their fight for justice, most recently by officially gaining recognition of the military’s complicity in the murder of the anthropologist Myrna Mack who was killed in 1990 after documenting the crimes committed towards the Mayan population during the civil war.
Vulnerable groups and their rights
The lack of public security hits the poorest and powerless the hardest. DanChurchAid is focusing its work on the most vulnerable groups, mainly women, children and the indigenous population. The increased participation of the poor in political processes is a key strategy for poverty reduction. By exposing injustices in media, informing and mobilising civil society, training in human rights as well as doing advocacy on the national and international levels, DanChurchAid is supporting the process of securing access to justice and equality before the law for these vulnerable groups.
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