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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:ThailandThailandRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen efforts to promote and protect the rights of women, especially to eliminate discrimination and violence against women in all spheresImplementationNational Report:
Para 67) Combating violence against women constitutes a State policy, which includes an action plan with three objectives: prevention, protection and care for victims. Within this framework, the Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women (Act No. 779) and the reform of the Criminal Code (Act No. 641) were adopted and entered into force in 2012, classifying for the first time femicide and other forms of violence against women as an offence. This same Act created the national inter-institutional commission to combat violence against women, children and adolescents, composed of 17 state institutions, with departmental and municipal branches. At executive level, the Inter-institutional Commission on Gender was established and the planning system for the national general budget was put into operation with a gender perspective.
Para 68) As part of access to justice and legal protection, the comprehensive care model has been established and 61 police units for women and children are in operation. In 2013, 99 further units were built to achieve 100 per cent coverage of the country's police network. The special criminal division in the Managua court of appeal was established, setting up specialized courts for which the appropriate judges and magistrates were appointed.
UN Compilation:
Para 4) The United Nations in Nicaragua added that efforts had been made to improve the national legal framework, particularly with regard to women ... A whole series of laws had been adopted or had begun to be implemented, including laws on: violence against women ...
Para 21) The United Nations in Nicaragua noted that femicide had been classified as an offence. In addition, the Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women (Act No. 779) constituted a step forward in terms of the protection of women. However, the reform adopted by the National Assembly in September 2013 introduced measures such as mediation ...
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 30) AI noted that a Comprehensive Law against Violence against Women (Act No. 779) was passed in 2012. Act No. 779 has been attacked by those who argue that the law breaks up the family, since it provides a route for women to leave violent partners. In September 2013, the National Assembly approved amendments to Act No. 779 which weaken the protections for victims, facilitates impunity for abusers and are contrary to international and national obligations to protect women's rights. -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:Establish quick and effective measures to prevent, punish and eliminate violence against women taking into account the recommendations of the CESCR Committee and the HR Committee on effective access to justice for the victims of gender violence, police protection and the establishment of shelters for victims.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 67) Combating violence against women constitutes a State policy, which includes an action plan with three objectives: prevention, protection and care for victims. Within this framework, the Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women (Act No. 779) and the reform of the Criminal Code (Act No. 641) were adopted and entered into force in 2012, classifying for the first time femicide and other forms of violence against women as an offence. This same Act created the national inter-institutional commission to combat violence against women, children and adolescents, composed of 17 state institutions, with departmental and municipal branches. At executive level, the Inter-institutional Commission on Gender was established and the planning system for the national general budget was put into operation with a gender perspective.
Para 68) As part of access to justice and legal protection, the comprehensive care model has been established and 61 police units for women and children are in operation. In 2013, 99 further units were built to achieve 100 per cent coverage of the country's police network. The special criminal division in the Managua court of appeal was established, setting up specialized courts for which the appropriate judges and magistrates were appointed.
UN Compilation:
Para 4) The United Nations in Nicaragua added that efforts had been made to improve the national legal framework, particularly with regard to women ... A whole series of laws had been adopted or had begun to be implemented, including laws on: violence against women ...
Para 21) The United Nations in Nicaragua noted that femicide had been classified as an offence. In addition, the Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women (Act No. 779) constituted a step forward in terms of the protection of women. However, the reform adopted by the National Assembly in September 2013 introduced measures such as mediation ...
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 30) AI noted that a Comprehensive Law against Violence against Women (Act No. 779) was passed in 2012. Act No. 779 has been attacked by those who argue that the law breaks up the family, since it provides a route for women to leave violent partners. In September 2013, the National Assembly approved amendments to Act No. 779 which weaken the protections for victims, facilitates impunity for abusers and are contrary to international and national obligations to protect women's rights. -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:NeglectedContents:"In 2008, CERD was also concerned at the double discrimination against women
belonging to the indigenous peoples and communities of African descent. CEDAW
encouraged Nicaragua to accelerate the improvement of their conditions in all spheres of
life. [Para 14]" -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:"The Programa Feminista Centroamericano La Corriente and the Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (PFCLC-IDS) said that laws prohibiting abortion, even for therapeutic purposes, are having a dramatic impact on poor and marginalized women. AI reported that since July 2008, abortion is a criminal offence in all circumstances and noted that the total
ban on abortion makes no provision for exceptions where the life or health of the woman is at risk. IPAS made reference to the Penal Code articles which protect “those to be born”, thus placing all health-care workers at risk of being charged, tried and imprisoned if they end a pregnancy at any stage. CODENI recommended the reform of the Penal Code. [Para 44]" -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Expand the legislation in order to protect women against all forms of violence and ensure that gender-based violence does not lead to impunity.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 63) Nicaragua adopted and is currently implementing a public policy on strengthening Nicaraguan families and preventing violence in order to promote, protect and restore the human rights of families, women, children and adolescents and to guarantee them a life free from violence.
Para 72) The Nicaraguan judiciary has made access to justice a priority, particularly access to justice for women, children and adolescents, and has enlarged and strengthened 75 special courts dealing with violence, families and children, the judicial facilitators system, and the women’s and children’s clinics and DNA laboratories managed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Para 81) Significant progress was made on the legislative front through the adoption of Act No. 870 (the Family Code), which strengthened special protection measures for women victims of violence and introduced an obligation to report domestic violence.
Para 82) The proper application of Act No. 779 and its amendments is ensured through the training of judicial officials, the consideration of gender perspectives at all stages of criminal procedure, criminal sentence analysis, the application of procedural protocols and institution-building.
Para 84) A total of 69,605 criminal cases were heard and 43,587 were resolved, which represents 62 per cent of the total. The courts have interdisciplinary teams of psychologists and social workers in place to support women victims of violence. A total of 65 sentences for femicide have been handed down, all of which resulted from convictions, which demonstrates that there is no impunity.
Para 85) The Judicial Observatory for Gender-based Violence of the Supreme Court of Justice was strengthened in order to follow up on and monitor the application of precautionary and protective measures, judicial decisions and judicial statistics relating to the offences established in Act No. 779. Para 86) Institutional, inter-institutional and community coordination and training activities were carried out to prevent and address violence against women and to monitor protection measures.
Para 87) Microcredit was awarded to 1,553 women at risk, or victims, of violence, fostering their personal growth and that of their businesses and contributing to their full recovery. Craft workshops were organized for indigenous craftswomen from the North Caribbean Coast, who were provided with tuno, timber-yielding and fruit-tree seedlings.
UN Compilation:
Para 71) ECLAC also noted that in the 2014 regulations implementing Act No. 779 of 2012, on violence against women and amendments to Act No. 641 (the Criminal Code), the definition of femicide had been restricted to the area of “interpersonal relationships between partners”, in contrast to the broad definition originally provided by Act No. 779.
Para 72) In its annual report 2017, UNICEF noted that violence-related challenges continued: according to the Legal Medicine Institute, 82 per cent of the victims of violence and sexual abuse were girls.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 75) IPAS reported that in 2012–2017 there had been 365 femicides, that the country had no policy on reparation and support for victims of femicide and that the Special Police Units for Women and Children, which had provided specialized support, had been dismantled. JS4 added that the units’ functions had been reassigned to Judicial Assistance and their staff redeployed in the various police units, so that they no longer received specialized support.
Para 76) JS7 noted that Nicaragua had included the crime of femicide in its legislation, defining it as a separate offence under Act No. 779. However, the Act had been weakened through a number of amendments and by the implementation of regulations that ran counter to the very purpose of the law. JS4 and ILLS noted that Act No. 779 violated the right to protection by restricting violence to that occurring within the family and taking no account of the school or community contexts. JS15 expressed similar concerns.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure effective participation and access to justice, emphasizing the regional priority granted to the combat of violence against women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 72) The Nicaraguan judiciary has made access to justice a priority, particularly access to justice for women, children and adolescents, and has enlarged and strengthened 75 special courts dealing with violence, families and children, the judicial facilitators system, and the women’s and children’s clinics and DNA laboratories managed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Para 81) Significant progress was made on the legislative front through the adoption of Act No. 870 (the Family Code), which strengthened special protection measures for women victims of violence and introduced an obligation to report domestic violence.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Ratify the OP-CEDAW and the OP-CRC-IC.ExplanationEl Estado de Nicaragua en uso de su soberanía considera que no es el momento para sumarse a nuevos compromisos internacionales que suponen una carga administrativa y presupuestaria adicional para el país. El gobierno de Nicaragua está convencido de la necesidad de proteger y promover los derechos humanos en todas sus esferas y para ello ha establecido una serie de prioridades nacionales en cuales está trabajando.
Si bien Nicaragua no forma parte aun de los instrumentos internacionales señalados en esas recomendaciones, el Estado desea reafirmar que no por ello existe un vacío de protección y de vulnerabilidad de los derechos humanos. Nicaragua cuenta con un marco normativo vasto que garantiza el pleno goce de los derechos humanos de todas y todos los nicaragüenses.
ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 2) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted that Nicaragua had not ratified … the OP-CRC-IC, the OP-CEDAW …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) Several organizations indicated that Nicaragua had still not ratified … the OP-CEDAW, … the OP-CRC-IC …
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Repeal amendments to Act 779 and urgently address the high levels of violence against women and girls.ExplanationA pesar que no aceptamos las recomendaciones 117.14 a 117.17, por el interés mostrado queremos expresar brevemente algunos aspectos sobre la reforma a la Ley 779 y la lucha contra la violencia hacia las mujeres, muy importante para el Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional de Nicaragua.
Nicaragua desde 2007 impulsa la restitución de derechos de las Mujeres, como parte del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Humano y de una política de lucha contra la violencia, mediante el modelo de responsabilidad compartida.
Nicaragua es uno de los países más avanzados en participación y poder de las mujeres, el Foro Económico Mundial -2013, %u201CThe Global Gender Gap Report%u201D indica que Nicaragua ocupa la posición N°10 mundial de mayor igualdad de Género. En América el promedio de mujeres parlamentarias es 22.6%; en Nicaragua del 40.2%, y el 50% son Ministras.
El Gobierno ha modernizado la legislación creando la Ley 648 de Igualdad de Derechos y Oportunidades (2008); aprobó en 2012, la Ley 779, Ley Integral Contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres y las Reformas a la ley N°641 Código Penal.
La Ley 779 tiene por objetivo garantizar los derechos de las mujeres y medidas de protección para prevenir, sancionar y erradicar la violencia, instaurar asistencia psicológica y social a las víctimas e impulsar transformaciones en los patrones socioculturales.
Se Reformó la Ley 779 estableciendo la mediación que se podrá aplicar únicamente ante delitos menos graves, fundamentado en el principio de oportunidad procesal, apoyando la administración de justicia, mayor diligencia e impacto social en la solución de controversias.
La mediación está sujeta a requisitos y condiciones, sustantivamente a la libre voluntad de la víctima verificada por el juez; procederá una única vez, el acusado no debe tener antecedentes penales de los delitos de la materia. Concluida la mediación, las autoridades deben garantizar la protección de la víctima hasta constatar cambios de conducta y ausencia de riesgos.
Hemos ampliado de 99 a 160 Comisarías de la Mujer, dando cobertura al 100% del territorio nacional y se instalará un Observatorio Judicial de Violencia hacia la Mujer.
Durante el XX Congreso Internacional Mediterráneo de Medicina Legal, en febrero 2014, los expertos reconocieron que Nicaragua es pionero en atención médico legal integral y clínica a víctimas de violencia de género.
ImplementationNational Report:
Para 63) Nicaragua adopted and is currently implementing a public policy on strengthening Nicaraguan families and preventing violence in order to promote, protect and restore the human rights of families, women, children and adolescents and to guarantee them a life free from violence.
Para 72) The Nicaraguan judiciary has made access to justice a priority, particularly access to justice for women, children and adolescents, and has enlarged and strengthened 75 special courts dealing with violence, families and children, the judicial facilitators system, and the women’s and children’s clinics and DNA laboratories managed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Para 81) Significant progress was made on the legislative front through the adoption of Act No. 870 (the Family Code), which strengthened special protection measures for women victims of violence and introduced an obligation to report domestic violence.
Para 82) The proper application of Act No. 779 and its amendments is ensured through the training of judicial officials, the consideration of gender perspectives at all stages of criminal procedure, criminal sentence analysis, the application of procedural protocols and institution-building.
Para 84) A total of 69,605 criminal cases were heard and 43,587 were resolved, which represents 62 per cent of the total. The courts have interdisciplinary teams of psychologists and social workers in place to support women victims of violence. A total of 65 sentences for femicide have been handed down, all of which resulted from convictions, which demonstrates that there is no impunity.
Para 85) The Judicial Observatory for Gender-based Violence of the Supreme Court of Justice was strengthened in order to follow up on and monitor the application of precautionary and protective measures, judicial decisions and judicial statistics relating to the offences established in Act No. 779. Para 86) Institutional, inter-institutional and community coordination and training activities were carried out to prevent and address violence against women and to monitor protection measures.
Para 87) Microcredit was awarded to 1,553 women at risk, or victims, of violence, fostering their personal growth and that of their businesses and contributing to their full recovery. Craft workshops were organized for indigenous craftswomen from the North Caribbean Coast, who were provided with tuno, timber-yielding and fruit-tree seedlings.
UN Compilation:
Para 71) ECLAC also noted that in the 2014 regulations implementing Act No. 779 of 2012, on violence against women and amendments to Act No. 641 (the Criminal Code), the definition of femicide had been restricted to the area of “interpersonal relationships between partners”, in contrast to the broad definition originally provided by Act No. 779.
Para 72) In its annual report 2017, UNICEF noted that violence-related challenges continued: according to the Legal Medicine Institute, 82 per cent of the victims of violence and sexual abuse were girls.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 75) IPAS reported that in 2012–2017 there had been 365 femicides, that the country had no policy on reparation and support for victims of femicide and that the Special Police Units for Women and Children, which had provided specialized support, had been dismantled. JS4 added that the units’ functions had been reassigned to Judicial Assistance and their staff redeployed in the various police units, so that they no longer received specialized support.
Para 76) JS7 noted that Nicaragua had included the crime of femicide in its legislation, defining it as a separate offence under Act No. 779. However, the Act had been weakened through a number of amendments and by the implementation of regulations that ran counter to the very purpose of the law. JS4 and ILLS noted that Act No. 779 violated the right to protection by restricting violence to that occurring within the family and taking no account of the school or community contexts. JS15 expressed similar concerns.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:SwitzerlandSwitzerlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOIFIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Temper the law banning therapeutic abortion, or even reintroduce the law repealed in 2006, guaranteeing free choice for women victims of rape or whose health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy.ExplanationLas recomendaciones 116.24, y 117. 19 a la 117. 31; relacionadas reformar la ley sobre el aborto reiteramos que Nicaragua no las acepta, porque sería contrario a la voluntad popular y soberana de los nicaragüenses que a través de un proceso democrático expresaron estar a favor de la penalización del aborto.
El pueblo de Nicaragua considera el derecho a la vida del no nato y que el aborto no es un método de control de natalidad y afecta la salud de la mujer; las normas obligan atender a toda mujer en proceso de aborto más aún cuando la vida de la madre está en peligro, implementando el Protocolo de Procedimiento.
La Estrategia Nacional de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva contempla objetivos estratégicos como mejorar la salud materna y perinatal, fomentando la maternidad y paternidad responsable. Se impulsan programas de prevención mediante educación continua sobre planificación familiar y riesgo reproductivo, entregando anticonceptivos hasta el nivel comunitario.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 64) IPAS stated that Nicaragua had become one of six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to fully criminalize abortion, and that it had upheld the complete criminalization of abortion for more than eleven years, ignoring the recommendations of various treaty bodies and the universal periodic review. The Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (Health Information and Advisory Services Centre) (CISAS) reported that under the Criminal Code women, adolescents and girls who obtained abortions were liable to one to four years’ imprisonment. CISAS added that because of the ban on abortion, such procedures were carried out in secret.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:... The HR Committee reiterated its recommendation that Nicaragua bring its legislation on abortion into line with the Covenant. [Para 50] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Birth registration
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:N/AContents:To assist in restoring rights and ensuring that children are protected, there are to date 33,322 volunteer workers who support the implementation of Programa Amor (Love Programme) which aims to restore the rights of children to ... providing professional care for children with working mothers; to be registered in the civil registry ... [Para 55]
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:BelarusBelarusRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:Continue accession to international human rights instruments, including signing and ratifying OP-CEDAW.ExplanationNicaragua stated that it did not consider appropriate for the moment to make additional commitments.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 10) JS4 recalled that Nicaragua has not ratified key international human rights instruments including: OP-CEDAW ... -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:RejectedContents:Hold accountable all government officials, agents, or parapolice forces who are responsible for human rights violations or abuses, -including unlawful or arbitrary killings, forced disappearances, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment, physical abuse, and rape –by initiating investigations immediately.
ExplanationEl Estado de Nicaragua es respetuoso de los mecanismos y procedimientos del Sistema Universal de Derechos Humanos. … Creemos que el Examen Periódico Universal es un Mecanismo útil para contribuir en el fortalecimiento de los Derechos Humanos de todos los Estados. No aceptamos sin embargo, que se utilice con fines distintos a los que fue concebido, contradiciendo la Resolución 5/1 del CDH, que establece como sus principios la naturaleza cooperativa basada en información objetiva y fidedigna; así como el desarrollo del mismo de manera objetiva, transparente, que evite la confrontación y la politización. … Algunos Estados emitieron discursos políticos, muy alejados de recomendaciones constructivas, tratando de politizar este mecanismo. Se reitera el rechazo a las afirmaciones infundadas, inventadas y alejadas de la realidad que vive Nicaragua. … Rechazamos el uso de estos espacios multilaterales con fines políticos y la intención de algunos Estados que pretenden cambiar el sentido productivo de este mecanismo. No son aplicables expresiones y juicios que tienen un carácter eminentemente político que no abona al propósito para el que fue creado el Examen Periódico Universal, por tanto, no se pueden aceptar.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Develops strategies to ensure sexual education at schools aiming inter alia at reducing the numbers of teenage pregnancy and at ensuring that girls continue to have access to education without discrimination.
ExplanationLos embarazos de niñas son un problema regional y nacional. Se continuará implementando medidas de prevención para este tipo de embarazos. El Ministerio de la Familia en conjunto con el de Educación continuarán implementando un plan conjunto para la prevención del embarazo en adolescentes, a la par de los demás programas nacionales.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Human rights defenders
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEJUDHCAN reported that women human rights defenders on the northern Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, and particularly indigenous leaders, had faced threats. [Para 41]
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- Abortion
- Adolescent sexual activity
- Right to marry
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
- Transgender persons' rights
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:CommentSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:Action Canada for Population and Development appreciated the acceptance of various recommendations aimed at guaranteeing sexual health and non-discriminatory access to health, and at reducing teenage pregnancy. Nevertheless, it was concerned that many other recommendations were not accepted, mostly those asking the country to eradicate gender violence, particularly sexual violence against girls, as well as discrimination and violence against indigenous peoples and LGBTI persons. They regretted the rejection of recommendations to decriminalize abortion as well as the lack of recommendations about the legal recognition of gender identity of trans persons and of same-sex marriage. [Para 937] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:"Nicaragua has exceeded the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for
tuberculosis control, having reduced mortality to half the level registered in 1990, and
work is continuing to reduce the prevalence of this disease. With regard to malaria, the
entire country has been classified as a low-risk area since 2007 and 78 municipalities have
reported zero cases over this period. In 2008, antiretroviral therapy was secured for 734
HIV carriers, including 54 pregnant women needing treatment to prevent HIV transmission
to their child. [Para 61]" -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:"The Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights, the World Organization Against Torture and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (JS1) regretted that Nicaragua ... had not yet ratified OP-CEDAW. [Para 1]" -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:El SalvadorEl SalvadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts aimed at ensuring respect for, and eradication of discrimination against, indigenous peoples and persons of African descent, in particular women and girls. -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Holy SeeHoly SeeRegional groupObserverIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Continue monitoring and fighting the trafficking of persons and therefore renew the National Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:EthiopiaEthiopiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts to improve maternal and child health in the country.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 45) The number of maternity facilities increased from 165 to 178 and the number of health centres increased from 1,287 to 1,520. The Mobile Clinics Programme 8 was launched in 2016 and has treated 2,820,982 persons in 66 clinics; and 83 facilities for persons with special needs were constructed.9 The number of doctors increased from 5,566 to 6,318 and the number of health workers increased from 31,124 to 35,841. The maternal mortality rate decreased from 37 to 34 deaths10 per 100,000 live births.
UN Compilation:
Para 62) ECLAC noted that there was a downward trend in maternal mortality in Nicaragua.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 63) IPAS indicated that, although maternal mortality rates had fallen, the numbers were still unacceptable, since it was the more remote departments, such as the Caribbean coast and Jinotega, that reported the most deaths.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:El SalvadorEl SalvadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Continue making efforts to align its legislation with the obligations emanating from the CEDAW.ExplanationEl Estado de Nicaragua en uso de su soberanía considera que no es el momento para sumarse a nuevos compromisos internacionales que suponen una carga administrativa y presupuestaria adicional para el país. El gobierno de Nicaragua está convencido de la necesidad de proteger y promover los derechos humanos en todas sus esferas y para ello ha establecido una serie de prioridades nacionales en cuales está trabajando.
Si bien Nicaragua no forma parte aun de los instrumentos internacionales señalados en esas recomendaciones, el Estado desea reafirmar que no por ello existe un vacío de protección y de vulnerabilidad de los derechos humanos. Nicaragua cuenta con un marco normativo vasto que garantiza el pleno goce de los derechos humanos de todas y todos los nicaragüenses.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Decriminalize abortion in cases of incest and rape and in cases in which the life or physical integrity of women and adolescents is endangered.ExplanationLas recomendaciones 116.24, y 117. 19 a la 117. 31; relacionadas reformar la ley sobre el aborto reiteramos que Nicaragua no las acepta, porque sería contrario a la voluntad popular y soberana de los nicaragüenses que a través de un proceso democrático expresaron estar a favor de la penalización del aborto.
El pueblo de Nicaragua considera el derecho a la vida del no nato y que el aborto no es un método de control de natalidad y afecta la salud de la mujer; las normas obligan atender a toda mujer en proceso de aborto más aún cuando la vida de la madre está en peligro, implementando el Protocolo de Procedimiento.
La Estrategia Nacional de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva contempla objetivos estratégicos como mejorar la salud materna y perinatal, fomentando la maternidad y paternidad responsable. Se impulsan programas de prevención mediante educación continua sobre planificación familiar y riesgo reproductivo, entregando anticonceptivos hasta el nivel comunitario.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 64) IPAS stated that Nicaragua had become one of six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to fully criminalize abortion, and that it had upheld the complete criminalization of abortion for more than eleven years, ignoring the recommendations of various treaty bodies and the universal periodic review. The Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (Health Information and Advisory Services Centre) (CISAS) reported that under the Criminal Code women, adolescents and girls who obtained abortions were liable to one to four years’ imprisonment. CISAS added that because of the ban on abortion, such procedures were carried out in secret.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:... CRC recommended the approval of the new Civil Registry Law. [Para 31] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS9 recommended that the State take the actions necessary to allow for therapeutic abortions to be performed to save the life or safeguard the health of women in cases of rape or incest and cases of congenital defects incompatible with life. [Para 62]