Tegucigalpa.
The Minister of Human Rights of Honduras, Karla Cova, Presented to the country president, Juan Orlando Hernández, His resignation for “health reasons,” reported this Friday the Honduran Presidential House.
Cova announced his resignation from the Honduran ruler on November 15, 2020 and was confirmed this Friday in the presidency of the Central American country in a statement.
“He Government of the Republic accepts the resignation of the Secretary of State in the office of human rights, Karla Cova, who for health reasons has been forced to leave office, “said the presidency.
The Executive has regretted “not being able to continue to count on the valuable collaboration of Mrs. Karla Cova, who has been a key player in creating and structuring the institution responsible for coordinating the mandate within the executive branch to ensure the human rights“.
The Honduran president decided to “accept” Cova ‘s resignation as minister of human rights starting today and I wish you a “quick recovery”.
the Honduran government has indicated that he will announce “as soon as possible” the person who will replace Cova in the Secretariat for Human Rights, To “continue to promote actions that strengthen this issue so fundamental to the country.”
Born in Copán, in the west of Spain Honduras, On October 5, 1970, Cova is a lawyer by profession.
The Honduran ruler took the oath in January 2018 in Cova as head of the Secretariat for Human Rights, After in May 2017 announced the decision to elevate the Undersecretariat of Human Rights and Justice the Secretariat or the Ministry of Government.
Cova also served as deputy minister of human rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization, as well as Undersecretary of Social Policy of the Secretariat for Development and Social Inclusion.
Since 2003 she has been an independent consultant specializing in children’s rights for national and international organizations such as Unicef, International Plan, Inter-American Children’s Institute of the Organization of American States (OAS), SOS Children’s Villages, World Bank and the Secretary of Labor and Social Security of Honduras, On issues of child labor, commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, the right to education and juvenile justice, among others.