Bertha Oliva

Bertha Oliva
Bertha Oliva (l) and Dunia Pérez (r)
Born1956 (age 67–68)
OccupationHuman rights campaigner

Bertha Oliva Nativí (born c. 1956[1]) is a Honduran human rights campaigner. She is the founder and coordinator of the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH, by its Spanish initials), a non-governmental organization promoting the rights of relatives of the victims of forced disappearances between 1979 and 1989.

Oliva founded the organization after her husband, Prof. Tomás Nativí, founder of the People’s Revolutionary Union (URP), was taken from his home by State forces in June 1981. She was three months pregnant at the time. Her husband has never been seen since.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Los Angeles Times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (National Commission on Human Rights). Los hechos hablan por sí mismos: Informe preliminar sobre los desaparecidos en Honduras 1980-1993 (The facts speak for themselves: preliminary report on disappearances in Honduras 1980-1993). 2a. Edición. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Editorial Guaymuras, 2002. P. 267-8