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and prosecution of, human rights violations and abuses committed since 2018; measures that
ensure access to justice, truth, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence; participative and
inclusive consultations to reform the judicial sector; and comprehensive reform of the
security sector, including the dismantlement and disarmament of armed groups;
8.
Calls upon the Government of Nicaragua to resume its cooperation with the
Office of the High Commissioner, the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, and the
Organization of American States and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
including by granting unfettered access throughout the country and facilitating visits, and to
positively consider the recommendations made in their reports and offers of technical
assistance, and to strengthen its cooperation with relevant treaty bodies;
9.
Also calls upon the Government of Nicaragua to prevent, refrain from and
publicly condemn, investigate and punish any acts of intimidation or reprisal, including
against those who cooperate or seek to cooperate with international and regional bodies, in
particular the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights,
or with the Organization of American States or the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights;
10.
Further calls upon the Government of Nicaragua to ensure a wide, credible,
representative, inclusive and transparent national dialogue with the participation of all
parties, and urges the Government to implement fully the agreements reached with the Civic
Alliance for Justice and Democracy in March 2019, and in this regard requests the
international community to support those efforts;
11.
Urges the Government of Nicaragua and relevant electoral institutions to
undertake and implement legal and institutional reforms to ensure free, fair, transparent and
credible elections, in accordance with international standards, that include the presence of
independent national and international electoral observers;
12.
Encourages continued and strengthened cooperation between the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms
for the promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua;
13.
Requests the High Commissioner to enhance monitoring by the Office of the
High Commissioner and to continue to report on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua,
including by preparing a comprehensive written report that assesses progress and challenges
regarding that situation, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its forty-sixth
session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and to present an oral update on the
situation of human rights to the Council at its forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions.
44th meeting
19 June 2020
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 24 to 4, with 19 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile,
Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Italy, Japan, Marshall Islands, Mexico,
Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine,
Uruguay
Against:
Eritrea, Philippines, Somalia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Abstaining:
Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Sudan, Togo]
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