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El Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (Conadeh), con el apoyo de la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR) presentó un informe especial acerca del Desplazamiento Forzado Interno en Honduras, en el cual indica que hubo una reducción de personas desplazadas por causa de la violencia en el 2017 en comparación a las cifras del 2016. El informe refleja que en el 2017 hubieron 688 denuncias de violaciones de derechos humanos  en los cuales 1,424 fueron afectadas, cifra menor que la mostrada el año anterior -1,796 personas que se vieron obligadas a desplazarse por ser víctimas de violencia. En total una reducción de 372 casos en el lapso de un año. El informe establece que la causa principal del desplazamiento de personas en Honduras es la violencia.

The Walk Free Foundation’s 2016 Global Slavery Index (GSI), using data from 167 nationally representative surveys conducted by Gallup, estimated that 45.8 million people in the world were in some form of modern slavery. Fifty-eight percent of those who are in slavery live in India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Uzbekistan. Civil and political protections, social health and economic rights, personal security and refugee populations and conflict are four complex dimensions that impact the vulnerability of people to modern slavery. This report conducted an assessment of government responses of 161 countries. Of these governments: 124 have criminalized human trafficking; 96 have National Action Plans; and 150 provide services to victims of modern slavery.  

According to this publication, Latin American governments are lagging behind the rest of the world with the United Nations’ Security Council’s Agenda on Women, Peace and Security. The region has the highest homicide and feminicide rates in the world. Economic and gender inequality; organized crime; land disputes; and systemic violence are some of the factors that adds to the victimization in the region. The authors argue that national and regional laws will be insufficient in solving this issue; call for gender issues to be included in security agendas; and propose additional methods to fill the gap.

Crime and victimization rates are growing in Latin America; however, 2017 data demonstrates some signs of improvement. One of the top concerns of people in Mexico, Central America, and South America is criminal violence, which will continue to rise unless preventative measures are taken. The approach and priorities of public security from the traditional law and order perspective have changed over the last two decades to include a more people-centered approach of safety and security.

The resurgence of violent conflict in recent years has caused immense human suffering, at enormous social and economic cost. Violent conflicts today have become complex and protracted, involving more non-state groups and regional and international actors, often linked to global challenges from climate change to transnational organized crime. It is increasingly recognized as an obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.