A/HRC/46/12 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its thirty-sixth session from 2 to 13 November 2020. The review of Honduras was held at the 8th meeting, on 5 November 2020. The delegation of Honduras was headed by the Vice-President of Honduras and Secretary of State for Economic Development, María Antonia Rivera. At its 14th meeting, held on 10 November 2020, the Working Group adopted the report on Honduras. 2. On 14 January 2020, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Honduras: Bulgaria, Brazil and India. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Honduras: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/36/HND/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/36/HND/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/36/HND/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Portugal (on behalf of the Group of Friends on national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up), Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay was transmitted to Honduras through the troika. These questions are available on the website of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of Honduras was honoured to present its third national report for the universal periodic review. It considered that the review provided an opportunity to improve the human rights situation in the country by allowing for the transparent presentation of information on progress made and challenges faced and for the sharing of experiences. Honduras attached great importance to the review mechanism, as demonstrated by the fact that it was participating in it with a high-level delegation despite the crisis generated by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and Hurricane Eta. The delegation appealed to the solidarity of the international community to support the country’s efforts to guarantee human rights during those crises. 6. Since the previous cycle of the universal periodic review, Honduras had ratified various international treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Arms Trade Treaty. It had strengthened its national human rights system in line with the recommendations received. In 2018, Honduras had created the Ministry of Human Rights to lead the implementation of the Public Policy and National Action Plan on Human Rights. It had also established a number of mechanisms to monitor progress in implementation, including the System for the Monitoring of Recommendations of Honduras (SIMOREH), the system for linking public policy with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Human Rights Observatory. Furthermore, Honduras had maintained an open invitation to all special procedure mandate holders and had submitted all pending reports to the treaty bodies. 7. In 2016, at the request of the Government, an OHCHR country office had been set up in Honduras. Since then, OHCHR had issued four annual reports and several special reports on the human rights situation. OHCHR and the Ministry of Human Rights had agreed to 2