ABUSE OF HONDURAN DEPORTEES
Supervisor Thomas Becker and Trinity student Jose Ginocchio Moraiz interviewing two Honduran returnees on rights abuses they experienced in the United States and Honduras.
DESCRIPTION
Over the past decade, Honduras has been plagued by violence, corruption, and political insecurity. The country has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and the second-highest femicide rate in Latin America. Impunity for human rights abuses, violent crime, and corruption have become the norm in the country. Hondurans at urgent risk of attacks, extortion, gang recruitment, or other forms of violence have migrated to the United States in search of safety only to be returned to Honduras, where they face the same conditions they initially fled or worse.
THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY NETWORK
The University Network for Human Rights, in collaboration with Yale Law School’s Lowenstein Human Rights Project, is investigating and producing a report on abuses against Hondurans deported from the United States. In 2022–2023, the Yale students conducted desk research, compiled a victim registry, and began to draft the report. Additionally, in February 2023, a student from Trinity College joined UNHR supervisors on a factfinding trip to Honduras, where they interviewed Hondurans who have experienced rights abuses after being sent back to the country.