EU Support for Justice and Security Sector Reform in Honduras and Guatemala

This desk study reviews the literature on EU programmes that supported security and justice reform
in Guatemala and Honduras, focusing on two programs: the programme in support of the security
sector (PASS) in Honduras and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).
The former was an EU led programme, almost entirely funded by the EU, the latter is a hybrid UN
organisation, co-funded by the EU. The first section of the report provides some background
information about the political context in the Central American isthmus, and in particular in
Guatemala and Honduras. The next section briefly reflects on the development of the relationships
between the Central American region and the EU. The longest section of the report discusses the two
programmes separately. Each case starts with a brief introduction and some background
information, moves on with a presentation of the development of the programme over time, and
finalizes with a discussion of different assessments and evaluations of the intervention. The report
closes with a reflection on the capabilities of the EU.