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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:NeglectedContents:... JS6 recommended that the Government undertake to legislate immediately to establish an institutional structure that provides the LGBTIQ community with an appropriate forum within PDDH (Office of the Human Rights Advocate) [Para 18] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:N/AContents:To strengthen this government policy, the Nicaraguan Institute for Women was raised to ministerial status, as was the Nicaraguan Youth Institute, in which young women represent around 50 per cent on average ... [Para 63] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:… Ratify OP-CEDAW. [Para 1; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:"Human Rights Watch (HRW) indicated that Nicaragua has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the region, with 170 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births CODENI noted that close to 40 per cent of maternal deaths in rural zones are among girls and adolescents younger than 19 years of age. IPAS Central America (IPAS) reported that statistics for the past three years show a systematic increase in indirect obstetric deaths. CODENI noted that the maternal mortality rate among women living in the autonomous regions is 2.1 times higher than in the rest of the country; infant mortality is 14 percentage points higher than the national average ... [Para 43]" -
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:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt urgent reforms of the Penal Code and other relevant legislation to restore the rights of women, girls, and adolescent victims of rape and other forms of violence against them, to receive protection, legal assistance and health care...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 ... -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:RejectedContents:Ratify the Optional Protocol to the CEDAW.
ExplanationNicaragua 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, pero esto no implica que en el país existe un vacío de protección y de vulnerabilidad de los Derechos Humanos, ya que el Ordenamiento Jurídico nacional es amplio, completo y enfocado en proteger las garantías constitucionales y los Derechos Humanos de los nicaragüenses.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:RejectedContents:Take immediate measures to address the high rates of femicide and sexual and domestic violence against women and children by promptly investigating and prosecuting such crimes, by repealing legislative amendments that have weakened the implementation of Act No. 779 and providing specialized support for victims.
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:EritreaEritreaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the campaign on school dropouts and maternal mortality.
ExplanationEl derecho a la Educación continuará siendo restituido de forma general y particularmente para los grupos vulnerables guiados por el Plan Nacional de Educación (2017-2021) que contempla una educación con gratuidad, apropiada, accesible, equitativa, con calidad, sin discriminación, con eficiencia y eficacia, tanto en las zonas urbanas como en las rurales, mediante los subsistemas de: Educación Básica, Media y Formación Docente; Técnica y Formación Profesional; Superior; Extraescolar y la Autonómica Regional en la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense (SEAR), que responde a las necesidades culturales y de identidad de los pueblos indígena y afrodescendientes.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Reference AddressedContents:ILLS recommended implementing educational policies to prevent violence against women and to eradicate gender discrimination. [Para 77]
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:Russian FederationRussian FederationRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to implement provisions contained in the Family Code and the Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women.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:HondurasHondurasRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Sexual abuse
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Formulate a national plan to combat violence against children, including ... sexual abuse, which includes considerations on prevention, care and reparation.ImplementationUN Compilation:
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.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Take necessary measures in order to ratify core international human rights instruments, such as ... the OP-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.
ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 2) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted that Nicaragua had not ratified the OP-CEDAW …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) Several organizations indicated that Nicaragua had still not ratified the … the OP-CEDAW, …
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:HungaryHungaryRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Ensure prompt thorough, independent and transparent investigations into all allegations of rape, torture or other ill-treatment by law enforcement officials, hold those responsible to account and provide reparations and redress to the victims.ExplanationEl Estado no considera necesario retomar la definición de la Convención Contra la Tortura, ya que a su juicio ha establecido un concepto aún más amplio, lo cual debería ser considerado una buena práctica de derechos humanos impulsada por el Gobierno de Nicaragua, en garantía de una mayor cobertura de los derechos humanos de los nicaraguenses.
Nicaragua prohibe la tortura y toda forma de maltrato a través de diversas disposiciones, desde la Constitución Política hasta los Códigos y leyes. La norma vigente incluye los elementos concebidos en la Convención y más allá en relación a los perpetradores del delito, sean éstos personas en servicio militar acivo, policías, funcionarios o cualquier persona que lo cometa. Aseguramos la denuncia, juzgamiento y sanción de la tortura, y malos tratos, así como la prevención y seguimiento.
En enero del 2012 creamos el Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención Contra la Tortura, a cargo de la Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y en mayo del 2014 recibimos la visita del Subcomité para la Prevención de la Tortura para evaluar la aplicación de las normas y tomar las debiidas salvaguardas.
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State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:RejectedContents:Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and ensure that safe and legal abortion services are available for those women and girls whose pregnancy is a result of rape or whose lives or health are put at risk.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:
- Adolescent pregnancy
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:... CRC recommended ensuring access to high-quality health care for all children and women, including in rural and indigenous areas, and access to sexual and reproductive health services with a view to preventing teenage pregnancies. [Para 49] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Other
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:N/AContents:The Family Code, which is in the process of legislative approval, will govern areas concerning comprehensive family protection, the best interest of the child, responsible parenting, equal opportunities and the role of the institutions of the State, family and society. [Para 37] -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:"A specialist unit dealing with gender violence has been created within the Public
Prosecutor’s Office. Institutional policy is to initiate criminal proceedings in all cases of
domestic or family violence and informal proceedings are obligatory even in cases where
the victim discontinues private prosecution. [Para 29]" -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:NeglectedContents:"CEDAW called upon Nicaragua to ensure that indigenous women and women of African descent have full access
to appropriate education. [Para 58]" -
State Under Review:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:Consider reviewing laws regarding abortion, removing punitive provisions against women who have had an abortion and medical professionals who have exercised their professional responsibilities.ExplanationNicaragua supported these recommendations, except for the amendment of the law prohibiting therapeutic abortion. Nicaragua stated that this decision was the result of Nicaragua's exercise of its sovereignty, and had been adopted by the National Assembly who represents the majority of the Nicaraguan People which upheld the right to life of the unborn child. Nicaragua has sought to improve the access of vulnerable groups to justice, and promoted the recourse to alternative conflict-resolution methods. Nicaragua has provided rehabilitation to victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation, and has set up a Specialized Department for Women and Children and 35 Specialized Police Units for Women and Children. The government has developed the National Strategy on Reproductive and Sexual Health with the aims of improving maternal and post-natal health, encouraging family planning, and avoiding unwanted pregnancy. Primary obstetric care is provided by health care centres so as to preserve the life and integrity of women facing obstetric emergencies.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 61) JS9 recalled that abortion of all forms, including therapeutic abortion, remained a criminal offence in spite of recommendations received from five treaty bodies and eight recommendations accepted in the first universal periodic review of Nicaragua. The percentage of indirect obstetric deaths has increased. -
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:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:NeglectedContents:Violence against women was not classified as a separate crime, but simply as domestic violence, thereby helping to conceal the gender-based violence affecting women. Nor was femicide classified as a separate crime, making it impossible to investigate, prosecute or punish it. [Para 11] -
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]