A/HRC/16/10
III.
Voluntary pledges and commitments
85.
Honduras recognized that the review was an opportunity for the strengthening of its
national capacities and to guide it in addressing its immediate challenges, in particular with
regard to its voluntary commitments, including the following:
(a)
Starting the process for the preparation and drafting of the national human
rights plan of action with the participation of thematic working groups, organizations of
civil society, interested groups and institutions with a mandate to promote and protect
human rights;
(b)
Generating a debate in the National Congress and civil society with a view to
harmonizing the regulatory framework of the Telecommunications Sector Law and
ensuring that it is was line with the international human rights conventions and standards, in
particular with regard to the levels of public, private and community broadcasting;
(c)
Promoting the reform of article 209-A of the Criminal Code, referring to the
offence of torture, with a view to harmonizing it with the Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture;
(d)
Promoting discussion of the draft law against trafficking in persons and
sexual and commercial exploitation, which prohibited and punished all forms of such
offences, in accordance with the relevant Protocol;
(e)
Increasing the efforts of the State to improve conditions for citizen security,
considering as priority elements attention to victims of violence and crime, arms control,
the professionalization and modernization of the national police and armed forces, and
making accountable all authorities responsible for the implementation of the policy and
strategy on citizen security.
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