Maria Julia Hernandez
(1939-2007)

Honduran Human Rights Activist
1991 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award
1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005

birthdate: January 30
birthplace:
Francisco Morazán, Honduras

QUOTES

"After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. When a society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace and leads it back to war.”

“The situation of the Salvadorian people is terrible; all their rights are violated. There is a direct violation against the human person, a violation of rights that is endemic in society.”

“I get my energy from my faith in God. God is my rock. He gives me the energy to fight for humanity, for peace in the world. The most important things are men and women, but ironically, they are the most aggrieved in our society. I am driven by my mission to help the Salvadorian people, who live in a defenseless and precarious state. I know that, from a religious point of view, defending human rights is also a labor of evangelism because it is the defense of human dignity, of men and women in the image of God. It is a choice of love, a choice of faith. I shall never give up.”

Victims should come first.”

 

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