HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
31st session
March 2016
[Extract from the statement]
There are many cases of planned and targeted assassinations of human rights defenders, whether by public officials or private actors. This is what happened on 3 March 2016 to Berta Cáceres, an indigenous leader and defender of the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment in Honduras.
Read CETIM’s oral statement in Spanish
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