Latin America and the Caribbean
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Honduras: statutes on record and in force
Honduras, in Latin America and the Caribbean, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2008. It appears on neither FATF list. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Ley sobre uso indelbido y trafico ilicito de drogas y sustancias psicotropicas of 1989. Where a field could not be sourced it is reported as unsourced rather than left to be inferred.
International framework
Honduras is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1991 and the most recent from 2008.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 11 Dec 1991 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 2 Dec 2003 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 23 May 2005 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 1 Apr 2008 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Honduras: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
The following instruments have been confirmed against a citable national source. Titles are given as enacted and are not translated.
Ley sobre uso indelbido y trafico ilicito de drogas y sustancias psicotropicas (1989) — A principal drug control instrument, carrying the 1988 Convention's trafficking and confiscation obligations into domestic law. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Honduras, each confirmed on Honduras's own government domain. Reading this alongside the treaty position is the point: the conventions say what must be criminalised, and these are the institutions through which that reaches a consignment or a suspect.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Aduana Honduras | customs and border control | aduanas.gob.hn |
Ratification sequence
A count of four tells you less than the sequence that produced it. Honduras came to these instruments over 17 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1991 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2008. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNCAC at 2 years, the longest the Firearms Protocol at 7.
Honduras became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1991, 3 years after it was adopted — faster than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
A complete treaty position assembled over decades is not the same as one assembled at once. For the 12 years between 1991 and 2003, Honduras was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. The practical effect is on what could be charged, and on what could be confiscated, in the years before the later instruments arrived.
On coverage, Honduras is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Of the 33 Latin America and the Caribbean jurisdictions in this dataset, 3 sit under increased monitoring at present.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Honduras sits on the central american isthmus, one of the six corridors profiled here. Its legal position on that route is the one set out on this page.
The Central American isthmus — 9 jurisdictions, carrying cocaine. The legs either side of Honduras in the reporting are Nicaragua and El Salvador. Across the corridor as a whole, 7 of the 9 legs are party to all four instruments, 2 sit outside the Firearms Protocol, every leg carries a confirmed national instrument , and none is under increased monitoring. Honduras clears all three of those checks. The profile for this corridor compares all of its legs on the same three checks.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Honduras is recorded as Not listed . The two statements are issued together and read together, because a jurisdiction named in the second is not on the first. The mechanics of listing and delisting are on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Honduras
Which drug-control conventions has Honduras ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 11 Dec 1991, the UNTOC on 2 Dec 2003, the UNCAC on 23 May 2005, the Firearms Protocol on 1 Apr 2008.
Is Honduras on the FATF grey list?
No. Honduras appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Honduras?
Ley sobre uso indelbido y trafico ilicito de drogas y sustancias psicotropicas, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Honduras that is the UNODC legal library. The entry links straight to the document, so the wording can be checked rather than taken on trust.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Honduras, 1 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Honduras's earliest of these commitments dates from 1991, its most recent from 2008; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Ley sobre uso indelbido y trafico ilicito de drogas y sustancias psicotropicas: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.