of the national security doctrine and their families will receive truth, justice and
comprehensive redress for the human rights violations committed against them, and that also
seeks to rehabilitate and honor the memory and values of those who were victims. 99 For this
purpose, it must uphold all international standards on the subject and ensure exhaustive
investigation of the serious human rights violations, to include all members in the chain of
command for these violations.
F.2. Amendment of the Honduran criminal code
114. The Court orders the State to amend the current criminal code to be consistent with
the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture.
F.3. Policy to preserve archives and sites
115. The Court orders the State to create and implement a policy for preservation of
archives and sites on human rights violations committed from the 1980s to the present,
identifying documents in the possession of security forces and other public institutions
concerning human rights violations committed in the case at hand. 100 The development of this
policy will require the implementation of principles of government transparency and access to
information, including a declaration to repeal all rules and regulations that could block
declassification of information on the serious human rights violations committed.
F.4. Primary and secondary education
116. The Court orders the State to proceed, within two years, to incorporate “the history of
the periods of violence” into the primary and secondary school curriculum, especially the
enforcement of the national security doctrine, using dynamic, pedagogically sound, creative
approaches.
dissemination and awareness-raising that will encourage civil society to become involved in developing public policies
on memory.” These strategies should include public information campaigns and the development of mechanisms and
activities to encourage the broadest possible participation, and (c) as possible measures of collective redress for the
labor-union sector in Honduras, which has not received reparation for the damage allegedly caused by the
enforcement of the national security doctrine: “conduct a general investigation with case studies that illustrate the
history of violence against labor-union activists, details the damage done, and recommends measures for collective
redress.” They added that the investigation should be conducted by an independent commission empowered to review
military and police files and to recommend mandatory measures of redress. The commission should receive advisory
assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). It should also be empowered to
recommend transfer of intelligence files to the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, when such files contain the
names of union activists and union organizations targeted for the mere fact of conducting union activities. They
requested, moreover, that a campaign be conducted for at least five years to promote and raise awareness on
freedom of association for trade unions, under the name of Herminio Deras.
99
The representatives asked for the Law on Historical Memory to be established with nationwide coverage and
presence in the areas where the most cases occurred; that it reclaim “the symbolic sites and restore them if
necessary,” and that it “also cover those victims who are still living in exile” and create “a truth and reparation
mechanism to reconstruct the modus operandi practiced in the 1980s and issue a report.” The Court notes, in this
regard, that the representatives did not explain how the recovery of “symbolic sites” and their possible restoration
was associated with the facts of the instant case, and this Court has no information on the subject. It also notes that
it has ordered a law historical memory to include provisions for investigating facts that constitute serious human
rights violations during the repression in the context under report. Therefore, the Court will not order these items
from the petition.
100
The Court notes that the State did commit to implement this measure as a policy to preserve archives and
sites of conscience, which had not been expressly requested by the representatives. It cautions, however, that the
representatives had requested, as part of the development of a law on historical memory, “the inclusion of measures
to protect information from manipulation” and “to ensure that the collective memory not forget the events in this
particular stage of the country’s history,” making reference to the enforcement of the national security doctrine.