Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos

Name

Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos

Legal name

Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos

Website

https://conadeh.hn

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Human Rights Institution (Ombudsman) Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

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Human Rights, Democracy & Rule of Law IGOs (BPADAAAG)

Keywords

• Human rights protection
• Complaints investigation services
• Human rights advocacy
• Constitutional ombudsman services
• Human rights monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Tegucigalpa

HQ country

Honduras

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CONADEH is Honduras's constitutionally-mandated National Human Rights Institution that investigates complaints, promotes, protects, and defends human rights across the country. It provides free complaint handling, victim accompaniment, monitoring and reporting on rights conditions, policy recommendations to state institutions, and international advocacy through UN and regional bodies. Core service delivery is organized around five specialized ombudsman offices covering women, children, indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples, human mobility/migrants, and taxpayer protection.

Product overview

CONADEH operates as a unified institutional platform offering multiple interconnected human rights services. The core offerings include a complaints and claims system for reporting human rights violations, a virtual library for research and documentation, specialized ombudsman offices covering children, women, indigenous peoples, human mobility, and taxpayers, a virtual classroom for education, and a national human rights observatory for monitoring. The institution functions as an advocacy and reporting body rather than a commercial product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sistema de Quejas y Reclamaciones (Complaints and Claims System) Free public-facing complaints system allowing citizens of Honduras to report human rights violations. The institution processes complaints on labor rights, gender-based violence, forced displacement, freedom of expression, indigenous and Afro-Honduran rights, migration, children, taxpayers, and access to justice, providing accompaniment, follow-up, and recommendations to state entities.
• Biblioteca Virtual (Virtual Library) Digital repository containing bulletins, infographics, annual reports, quarterly reports, special reports, institutional documents, and educational/promotional materials on human rights topics. Used by citizens, researchers, journalists, and human rights practitioners to access CONADEH's public outputs.
• Aula Virtual (Virtual Classroom) Virtual education platform for human rights training and education programs, supporting CONADEH's promotion mandate under the 1982 Constitution.
• Observatorio Nacional de Derechos Humanos (National Human Rights Observatory) Monitoring and observation system for human rights conditions in Honduras, publishing statistics and indicators on violence, forced displacement, labor rights, gender-based violence, children's rights, and other human rights domains to inform public, policy, and international audiences.
• Defensorías Especializadas (Specialized Ombudsmen) Five specialized defense units providing targeted human rights protection and accompaniment: (1) Defensoría de la Niñez for children affected by child labor, trafficking, and disappearance; (2) Defensoría de la Mujer for women facing gender-based violence; (3) Defensoría de Movilidad Humana for migrants, TPS holders, and returnees; (4) Defensoría de Pueblos Indígenas y Afro-hondureños for indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples facing displacement and land rights violations; and (5) Defensoría Especial de Protección del Obligado Tributario for taxpayers facing improper charges or service issues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Attended over 16,000 complaints from women (2021-Feb 2026)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ASJ (Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint publication of studies on violence against environmental defenders. Published a study revealing 111 environmental defenders lost their lives violently between 2015-2025, with 92% remaining in impunity.
• OEI (Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Signed cooperation agreement to promote education and democratic values. The agreement focuses on educational initiatives and strengthening democratic principles in Honduras.
• ACNUR (UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership for presenting reports on internal forced displacement. CONADEH and UNHCR jointly present reports on forced internal displacement, with UNHCR providing support to strengthen protection of victims in Honduras.
• OIM (Organización Internacional para las Migraciones / IOM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Joint survey on returned migrants. Conducted a survey with 101 returned migrants to understand their situation, experiences, and needs regarding reintegration.
• RINDHCA (Red de Instituciones Nacionales para la Promoción y Protección de Derechos Humanos del Continente Americano)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Regional network of National Human Rights Institutions in the Americas. CONADEH is an active member and its head was elected president of the Sub-Committee on Accreditations.
• GANHRI (Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Global alliance that provides international accreditation to National Human Rights Institutions. CONADEH holds accredited status and participates in governance through leadership positions.
• FIO (Federación Iberoamericana del Ombudsman)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen. International network of ombudsman institutions. CONADEH participates in meetings and initiatives coordinated by FIO.
• FIO (Federación Iberoamericana del Ombudsman)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman institutions. CONADEH participates actively and has received international support from FIO regarding institutional stability.
• ACNUDH (Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Provided support to CONADEH to guarantee its financial autonomy and strengthen institutional capacity.
• CIDH (Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-American Commission on Human Rights. CIDH has expressed concerns about investigations against the CONADEH head and called on the Honduran state to guarantee institutional stability.
• Corte IDH (Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-American Court of Human Rights. CONADEH monitors and follows up on sentences against Honduras, particularly regarding indigenous communities and Garifuna populations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH Mexico): Mexico's autonomous National Human Rights Commission. Closest functional counterpart to CONADEH within Latin America, operating as an independent constitutional NHRI with parallel complaint handling, special ombudsmen, and UN/regional body engagement.
• Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos (PDH Guatemala): Guatemala's constitutional ombudsman. Functionally equivalent to CONADEH in scope and structure, with comparable case patterns on indigenous rights, migration, and impunity in the Northern Triangle of Central America.
• Defensoría del Pueblo (Colombia): Colombia's national ombudsman institution with constitutional mandate and nationwide delegation network. Comparable operating model including specialized defenders, international advocacy, and monitoring of internal conflict rights violations.
• Defensoría del Pueblo (Peru): Peru's constitutional Defensoría del Pueblo. Comparable independent NHRI with similar functions of complaint handling, supervisory reporting, and collaboration with the Inter-American system.
• Defensoría del Pueblo (Bolivia): Bolivia's constitutional NHRI focused on human rights defense, complaint processing, and inter-institutional advocacy. Directly comparable in structure, mandate, and Latin American human rights system participation.

Regional players

• Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (PDDH El Salvador): El Salvador's NHRI with constitutional mandate to protect and promote human rights. Directly comparable as a Central American counterpart sharing GANHRI membership and similar complaint-processing and advocacy functions.

Others

• GANHRI (Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions): Global coordinating body of which CONADEH is an active accredited member. Not a competitor but the relevant institutional umbrella, setting standards and providing accreditation that directly affects CONADEH's international standing and donor access.
• RINDHCA (Red de Instituciones Nacionales para la Promoción y Protección de Derechos Humanos del Continente Americano): Regional network of National Human Rights Institutions in the Americas where CONADEH holds leadership positions. Functions as a peer network and capacity-building body that complements and amplifies CONADEH's mandate regionally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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