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during an interactive dialogue, and to present an oral update to the Council at its sixtieth and
sixty-third sessions;
20.
Also requests the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua to present its
most recent report, in combination with an oral update on its work, to the General Assembly
at its eightieth and eighty-first sessions, followed by an interactive dialogue;
21.
Requests the immediate operationalization of the mandate renewal, taking all
administrative and legal measures to guarantee no interruption to its work, and requests the
Secretary-General to provide the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua with full
administrative, technical, security, legal, data-processing, forensic accounting and logistical
support and the resources necessary to enable it to carry out its mandate;
22.
Requests the High Commissioner to strengthen monitoring and engagement,
including by preparing reports that are comprehensive, gender-responsive and take into
account race and ethnic origin, on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua, building on
previous reports of the High Commissioner and the reports and recommendations of Human
Rights Council mechanisms and those of the treaty bodies, including on justice and due
process for political dissidents and groups in vulnerable situations, and to present them to the
Council at its sixtieth and sixty-third sessions, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and
to present an oral update to the Council at its fifty-ninth and sixty-second sessions;
23.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to strengthen its engagement
by continuing to analyse legislation relating to civic and democratic space, including the
impact of the latest legislative and constitutional reforms, the judicial sector and amnesties,
with a view to providing the support necessary for Nicaragua to fulfil its human rights
obligations and commitments, and to continue to seek cooperation with the authorities of
Nicaragua;
24.
Calls upon the Government of Nicaragua to cooperate fully with the Office of
the High Commissioner and its Regional Office for Central America, the Human Rights
Council and its mechanisms, including the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua,
and with the relevant treaty bodies by, inter alia, granting them unfettered, full and
transparent access throughout the country and facilitating visits, including to detention
facilities, and providing necessary information, and to positively consider the
recommendations made in their reports and their offers of technical assistance, and the
requests for country visits made by the special procedures in accordance with the standing
invitation it extended in 2006;
25.
Strongly encourages the Government of Nicaragua to reconsider its decision
to disengage from the Human Rights Council and all activities relating to the Council and its
mechanisms;
26.
Requests that the Office of the High Commissioner be provided with the
resources necessary to continue to fulfil its technical cooperation and human rights
monitoring and reporting mandates;
27.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter and to consider all measures
available to the Human Rights Council to strengthen the promotion and protection of human
rights in Nicaragua and cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner.
57th meeting
3 April 2025
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 29 to 4, with 14 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Albania, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus,
Czechia, Dominican Republic, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,
Iceland, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Morocco,
Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Republic of Korea,
Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand
Against:
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Cuba, Viet Nam
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