Honduras has lodged legal proceedings against Brazil at the U.N. court in The Hague seeking an end to Brazil allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to take refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

Zelaya has been at the heavily guarded Brazilian embassy.

The leftist leader was toppled in a military coup.

In its filing at the ICJ, or world court, Honduras says Zelaya and others are using the embassy as a platform for political propaganda, "threatening the peace and internal public order of Honduras".

Honduras wants the court to order Brazil to stop providing refuge.

In its filing, lodged with the court on Wednesday but made public on Thursday,

Honduras said it reserves the right to claim reparation for any damage resulting from the actions of Brazil, its embassy and the Honduran persons taking refuge there.

Typically cases before the ICJ take years to settle but if a party requests an "indication of provisional measures", the court's judges can make a swift provisional order.


Reuters