A/HRC/RES/58/18 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and urges the Government of Nicaragua to restore the legal registration of civil society and religious organizations, universities and independent media outlets that have been cancelled since 2018, to restore the independence and academic freedom of the private universities that have been placed under government control and that of the public universities that have been stripped of their autonomy, to return arbitrarily seized assets, including confiscated property, and to allow for the continuation of their work without any type of intimidation, threat or reprisal; 5. Urges Nicaragua to promote, protect, respect and ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights for all, and to take all measures necessary to prevent, put an end to and investigate violations and abuses of human rights and to hold those responsible to account; 6. Urges the Government of Nicaragua to allow and facilitate peaceful protests and public demonstrations and to repeal or amend legislation that may unduly restrict human rights, including the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart information, of peaceful assembly and of association, the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, the right to a nationality and the right to privacy, as recognized in international law, and that may prevent victims of human rights violations from enjoying the right to an effective remedy, extend the period of detention without formal charge or criminalize dissenting voices; 7. Urgently calls upon the authorities in Nicaragua to cease immediately the use of enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as of threats and other forms of intimidation or alternative measures of detention, as a means to repress dissent, to release immediately and unconditionally all political prisoners and all those who have been unlawfully, arbitrarily or unjustly detained, as well as those who have been prosecuted under ambiguous criminal laws or laws that arbitrarily restrict the human rights of the Nicaraguan population, to annul their sentences and waive charges against them, to respect fair trial guarantees and due process, to clarify the whereabouts of those who have been forcibly disappeared, to cease acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to ensure that conditions of detention comply with applicable human rights obligations and are consistent with standards such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information-Gathering (the Méndez Principles) and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), including access to a lawyer, a health professional and medication and allowing for family visits; 8. Urges Nicaragua to combat impunity, to ensure accountability and justice for victims of human rights violations and to hold perpetrators to account, including by considering designing and implementing a comprehensive action plan for accountability that is inclusive and victim- and survivor-centred, by conducting independent, transparent and impartial investigations into the multiple forms of repression and violence, including in the context of the electoral processes, that have been reported since April 2018 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and since 2023 by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua and other United Nations experts, including alleged crimes against humanity, extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, torture, sexual violence and other grave human rights violations and abuses, by ensuring that victims are provided with effective remedies and reparations and by amending the Amnesty Law of 2019, ensuring guarantees of non-repetition and repealing the constitutional reforms of January 2025; 9. Urges the Government of Nicaragua to take effective measures to provide a safe and enabling environment to access justice and obtain redress for victims of human rights violations and their families, including political prisoners and opposition members, those with long-term injuries and disabilities, Indigenous Peoples and Afrodescendants, particularly in the regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, including access to physical and mental health services, without discrimination; 10. Expresses concern at the increase in the number of femicides and other acts of sexual and gender-based violence in the country, at the dismantling of relevant State institutions, at the lack of effective complaint mechanisms and at the cancellation of the legal 6