Human Rights Initiative in Honduras

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U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Laura F. Dogu (center) with Honduran Secretary of State in the Office of National Defense José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (to her right), as well as senior members of the Honduran Armed Forces and U.S. Southern Command representatives, stand during the inauguration of the Honduran Human Rights Initiative Update Seminar August 9-11, 2022, in Tegucigalpa. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Participants of the Honduran Human Rights Initiative Update Seminar, August 9-11, 2022, in Tegucigalpa. The event was organized by the Honduran National Defense Secretariat and U.S. Southern Command Human Rights office. (Photo: Honduran Army Corporal Olvin Oliva/Fuerzas Armadas TV)

“Through the creation of human rights departments in each of the forces, which did not exist before, as well as sections at the unit level, we were able to increase knowledge on the subject of international humanitarian law, human rights, use of force, and gender equity through training, with 19,298 trainings to date to military personnel,” Vice Admiral José Jorge Fortín Aguilar, chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces, said at the opening of the seminar. (Photo: Honduran National Defense Secretariat)

Colombian Army Colonel Sandra Liliana López Toro, head of the Transition Support Department of the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command, presents the Colombian Military Forces’ work on gender equality. (Photo: Honduran Army Corporal Olvin Oliva/Fuerzas Armadas TV)

Honduran Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Sidia Jackeline Lara Lara, first female commander of Coronel José Enrique Soto Cano Air Base, during her presentation at the seminar. (Photo: Honduran Army Corporal Olvin Oliva/Fuerzas Armadas TV)

National and international guests at the Human Rights Initiative Seminar. Representatives of the Armed Forces attended in person with international guests from Colombia; the Dominican Republic; Peru; the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies; and SOUTHCOM’s Women, Peace, and Security Program, while the International Committee of the National and international guests at the Human Rights Initiative Seminar. Representatives of the Armed Forces attended in person with international guests from Colombia; the Dominican Republic; Peru; the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies; and SOUTHCOM’s Women, Peace, and Security Program, while the International Committee of the Red Cross in Mexico participated virtually. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Participants of the gender equity topic on the third day of the Human Rights Initiative Seminar in Honduras, August 9-11, 2022, in Tegucigalpa. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

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