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Jun 29, 2021 · 29 June 2021. Getty Images. A regional human rights court has ruled that Honduras was responsible for the murder of a transgender woman in 2009. In its landmark ruling, the Inter-American Court of...
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On June 28, 2021, as the LGBTI+ community celebrated its struggle for human rights worldwide, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights released its decision in the case Vicky Hernández and others vs. Honduras. The decision is only the Court’s fifth ruling on LGBTI+ rights and its second on the rights.
Vicky Hernández: Court says Honduras to blame for trans woman's murder. In a landmark court decision, Honduras is ordered to make changes to protect its LGBT community.
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Apr 29, 2021 · Photographs by Daniele Volpe. April 29, 2021. In a region where experts put the life expectancy for transgender women at only 30 to 35 years, Vicky Hernández didn’t make it even that long. Ms...
Jul 1, 2021 · The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling states that the Honduran government must admit wrongdoing in the killing of Vicky Hernández, a well-known activist and sex worker. The 26-year-old was shot to death by law enforcement agents on June 28th, 2009 during a curfew imposed by the government amid a coup d’etat.
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Aug 27, 2021 · Written by Carlos J. Zelada. On June 28, on International LGBT Pride Day, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued its ruling in Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras, the first case involving lethal violence against an LGBT person, specifically a trans woman, to reach the highest body of the Inter-American regional system.
Jul 2, 2021 · Vicky Hernández, a sex worker and an activist with the trans rights group Unidad Color Rosa, was killed on the streets of San Pedro Sula in June 2009, at the time of a military coup. Cattrachas...
