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Honduras interim government to reinstate suspended constitutional rights

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The head of the Honduran interim government Roberto Micheletti said Monday that he may lift restrictions on constitutional rights imposed Sunday by the end of the week. The de facto government passed an executive decree late on Sunday night suspending five articles in the Honduran Constitution for 45 days: personal freedom (Art. 69), freedom of expression of thought (Art. 72), freedom of association (Art. 78), freedom to circulate (Art. 81), and the requirement of written arrest warrant read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).