outbreak. The UN continued to deny all attempts by victims to gain access to legal remedies. RIGHTS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PEOPLE In September, public threats, including by several parliamentarians, were made against individuals and NGOs who were planning an LGBTI Film Festival event. In September, the Public Prosecutor of Port-au-Prince ordered its cancellation for security reasons. In the following days, there was a marked increase in reports of homophobic attacks. IMPUNITY No progress was made in the investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by former President Jean-Claude Duvalier and his collaborators.3 1. Haiti: Internal displacement, forced evictions, statelessness – the catalogue to violations continue (AMR 36/4658/2016) 2. “Where are we going to live?”: Migration and statelessness in Dominican Republic and Haiti (AMR 36/4105/2016) 3. Haiti: Move ahead with ex-dictator case (AMR 36/3478/2016) HONDURAS Republic of Honduras Head of state and government: Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado A general climate of violence forced thousands of Hondurans to flee the country. Women, migrants, internally displaced people, human rights defenders – especially lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people as well as environmental and land activists – were particularly targeted with violence. A weak criminal justice system contributed to a climate of impunity. BACKGROUND The government assigned several public security tasks to units made up of officers with military training in an attempt to tackle Amnesty International Report 2016/17 violence, corruption and organized crime. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) raised concerns about the military carrying out public security operations, including use of excessive force. The presence of military corps on Indigenous territories contributed to social unrest. Over 100 high-ranking police officers were dismissed in a move to purge security forces accused of being infiltrated by organized crime. REFUGEES’ AND MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS Widespread violence across the country forced many to flee – mostly women, children, youth and LGBTI people. People perceived by criminal gangs to have refused to comply with their authority or who had witnessed a crime were routinely harassed, attacked and extorted; young people in particular were forced to join criminal gangs. Deportees forcibly returned from Mexico and the USA continued to face the same lifethreatening situations which initially pushed them to leave. In July, an asylum-seeker who had been forcibly returned from Mexico after the rejection of his asylum application was murdered less than three weeks after his return.1 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Honduras remained one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America for human rights defenders, especially for environmental and land activists. According to the NGO Global Witness, Honduras had the highest number per capita of killings of environmental and land activists in the world.2 Berta Cáceres, leader and co-founder of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was shot dead in her home on 2 March. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had granted her precautionary measures since 2009, but the authorities failed to implement effective measures to protect her. Along with other COPINH members who protested against the construction of the Agua Zarca dam in the community of Río Blanco, she suffered 179