In March 2021, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued Opinion 85/2020 declaring the eight Guapinol environmental defenders to be arbitrarily detained according to international human rights law which Honduras is legally bound to adhere to. The Working Group called on the Government of Honduras to remedy the situation by immediately releasing the eight men from custody and indemnifying them for the violation of their rights.
ACAFREMIN, "UN: Immediately Release Guapinol Defenders & Investigate Those Responsible for Illegal Detention", 3 March 2021, online: https://www.guapinolresiste.org/post/un-immediately-release-guapinol-def..., accessed 9 March 2021
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions, "Opiniones aprobadas por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria en su 89º período de sesiones, 23 a 27 de noviembre de 2020" A/HRC/WGAD/2020/85, dated 8 February 2021, online: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Detention/Opinions/Session89/A_HR..., accessed 9 March 2021