The court also required the state to compensate the family of Vicky Hernandez, a sex worker killed during a 2009 state-imposed curfew following an army coup, and allow trans Hondurans to change their names and gender on official documents.
Lawyers representing Hernandez’s family had argued that the Honduran authorities did not run forensic tests or investigate the killing.
The government did not respond to a request for comment on the ruling, or what its next steps would be. The Washington-based IACHR, the judicial arm of the 35-member Organization of American States, can order governments to investigate crimes and compensate victims, but it does not have enforcement powers.