A/HRC/27/16 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its nineteenth session from 28 April to 9 May 2014. The review of Nicaragua was held at the 16th meeting, on 7 May 2014. The delegation of Nicaragua was headed by Ana Isabel Morales Mazún, Minister of the Interior. At its 18th meeting, held on 9 May 2014, the Working Group adopted the report on Nicaragua. 2. On 15 January 2014, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Nicaragua: Gabon, Republic of Korea and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Nicaragua: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/19/NIC/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/19/NIC/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/19/NIC/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by the Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America was transmitted to Nicaragua through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review (UPR). I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The head of the delegation recalled that although Nicaragua was the second poorest country in Latin America, the Government was working on the restitution of economic, social and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights, in compliance with the recommendations made in the first UPR. 6. Significant human rights achievements of Nicaragua since the first review. had been the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and, in 2012, the appointment of the Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights as the national preventive mechanism under the Protocol. Nicaragua had also ratified the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions No. 169 (1989) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries and No. 189 (2011) concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers, the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“Protocol of San Salvador”) and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 3