81 government, there was no effective guarantee of tenure in public office, which put serious constraints on the exercise of public office.334 In the particular case of teachers and leaders of teachers unions, who played an important role in the resistance to the coup d’état, the IACHR received information to the effect that no orders had been given to renew the contracts of temporary teachers. Through inspections and documents prepared by the National Human Rights Council, the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights and the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Children, inspections were conducted and criminal investigations and prosecutions were brought against teachers who exercised their right to strike in protest to the government. 335 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights found that “some school principals faced legal proceedings initiated by the Fiscalía special prosecutor for children, on the grounds that the strikes violated children’s right to education.”336 279. The Commission confirmed that in a blatant display of discrimination, the coercive measures were specifically targeted at the political opposition. By contrast, the IACHR observed that the demonstrations, campaigns and any type of expression in favor of the coup d’état were conducted in an atmosphere of security and calm. For example, the security forces did not engage in any act of violence at any of the demonstrations in favor of the de facto government. 337 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that “the use of force was discriminatory with respect to the right of equality, the right of assembly and the right to express one’s opinion, all protected under international law and Honduras’ own domestic laws.”338 By way of example, it wrote that: At the demonstration that occurred near the Franciso Morazán National Teaching University on July 2, 2009, which was attended by some 2000 people, press accounts reported that the police used excessive force. According to one witness who was a victim of those events: ‘… Even though this Insulza, OAS Secretary General, was here, even though all the delegations were here in Honduras, that day was terrible; the police were on the hunt and inflicted a tremendous blow. They didn’t arrest anyone. They just got their jollies by beating people up there in El Prado district.’ That same day, supporters of Roberto Micheletti gathered in a show of support, but in a protected area: the Plaza de la Democracia near the Presidential Palace. The newspapers didn’t say how many people were there in the Plaza, but did say that the Plaza was filled with supporters of Roberto Micheletti.339 334 IACHR, Honduras: Human Rights and Coup d’état, 2009. OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 55. December 30, 2009. Paragraph 398. http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Honduras09eng/Toc.htm 335 IACHR. Honduras: Human Rights and Coup d’état, 2009. OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 55. December 30, 2009. Paragraph 539 et seq Available at: http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Honduras09eng/Toc.htm 336 United Nations. Human Rights Council. A/HRC/13/66. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the violations of human rights in Honduras since the coup d’état on 28 June 2009. March 3, 2010, paragraph 53. Available at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/13session/A-HRC-13-66.pdf 337 IACHR. Honduras: Human Rights and Coup d’état, 2009. OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 55. December 30, 2009. Paragraph 405. Available at: http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Honduras09eng/Toc.htm 338 Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Report titled Para que los hechos no se repitan [So That Events Are Not Repeated].. July 2009. Volume I, p. 328. Available [in Spanish] at: http://www.sjdh.gob.hn/recomendacionesCVR/sites/default/files/VOLUME-IFINAL%20Para%20que%20los%20hechos%20no%20se%20repitan%20-%20Informe%20de%20la%20CVR.pdf. 339 Repeated].. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Report titled Para que los hechos no se repitan [So That Events Are Not July 2009. Volume I, p. 328 y 329. Available [in Spanish] at: