词条 | Public Prosecutor's Office (Honduras) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Honduras Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público de Honduras) is a Public and constitutional organization. It was established on 6 January 1994 through Legislative Decree No. 228-93. It has its headquarters in city of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. It is an independent, autonomous, and non-political organization. It is not under the Supreme Court or the Office of the Attorney General. The Attorney General is appointed by the National Congress. Its main functions are to prosecute of all types of crimes, to ensure that every citizen must follow the Constitution and the law of the land, and to represent, to defend and to protect the general interest of society. All the Republic of Honduras is the jurisdiction of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Every citizen have access to this office without any restriction of age, sex, religion, etc. Historical backgroundPrior to 1994, the public entity that represents the state, was part of the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras, the prosecutors were lawyers or civilians who left with a purely political appointment and willing to represent themselves before the competent cases to the judicial system, this is how the fiscal legal status was maintained in the trials of written procedures since the 19th century. During the government of the Mr. Rafael Leonardo Callejas, the "Law of the Public Ministry" was issued by the National Congress of Honduras, as well as the new prosecutors, a new investigation police appeared, the DIC (Directorate of Criminal Investigation) that replaced the notorious DNI (National Direction of Investigation) in 1994 and with the scientific branch as it is the Forensic Medicine, would modernize and replace for the better the obsolete system of investigation that was made in Honduras and thus the investigation and justice would be more effective. Direction of the Public MinistryThe current general public prosecutor is Óscar Fernando Chinchilla Banegas, a former magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice. The public deputy prosecutor is Rigoberto Cuéllar, former minister of the Office of Natural Resources and Environment. Both were elected on 31 August 2013.[1][2] Organizational structure
Forensic medicineForensic medicine determines the cause of death by examining of the corpse. InabilityThe public prosecutor's office receives more than 50,000 cases annually to investigate. It has the capacity to investigate only 5%; the remaining 95% cases are left without investigation. Because of this there has been an increase in crime.[3] Expansion of contract killingBecause of the lack of resources and investigations by public prosecutor office, crime has increased exponentially. During the government of Rafael Alleys assassinations increased about 300%. During the government of Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014) 27,000 thousand people were murdered, which is equal to all 20th century murders in Honduras. See also
References1. ^ "Congreso de Honduras elige a Óscar Chinchilla como Fiscal General" La Prensa (Honduras) August 31,2013. 2. ^"Nuevo Fiscal General de Honduras ofrece mejorar investigación" September 1, 2013. 3. ^http://www.nacion.com/mundo/centroamerica/Fiscal-general-Honduras-acusado-incapacidad-dimision_0_1350065099.html 1 : Honduran law |
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