A/HRC/RES/58/18 legal status has been arbitrarily cancelled, and the arrests and disqualifications of political opponents in the months leading up to the elections, Expressing serious concern at the aggravated situation of those who have been forcibly displaced and the continuing trend in forced displacement, commending neighbouring and other States in the region for their continued efforts to host and welcome Nicaraguan migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, while acknowledging the associated socioeconomic consequences and challenges for those States and their citizens, Expressing grave concern at the adoption and continued use of legal provisions that explicitly aim, have been used or may be used to restrict the ability of Nicaraguans to exercise their fundamental freedoms; at the broad scope of the Amnesty Law of 2019; and at the implementation of legislation by the Government of Nicaragua, including the amendments to some provisions of the Criminal Code and the enactment of Law No. 1040 on the Registration of Foreign Agents, Law No. 1042 on Cybercrimes, Law No. 977 on Combating Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Law No. 1055 on the Rights of People to Independence, Sovereignty and SelfDetermination for Peace and Law No. 1115, the General Law on the Regulation and Control of Non-Profit Organizations, the amendment of article 21 of the Constitution and the adoption of Law No. 1145 on the Loss of Nicaraguan Nationality, all of which, contrary to international human rights law, hinder victims of human rights violations from exercising their right to an effective remedy, which may include reparations and full disclosure of the truth, and further restrict the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, of association, of peaceful assembly and of movement, the right to a nationality, the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs and the right to privacy, as recognized in international law, unduly limiting the activities of human rights defenders and civil society, Expressing alarm at the cancellation of the legal personality of at least 38 universities, the subsequent State confiscation of their bank accounts and assets, the cancellation and deletion of academic records and degrees, and at the reforms enacted by the adoption of Laws No. 1114 and No. 1176, which have enabled partisan control over the governing boards of remaining universities and granted the presidency de jure control over the higher education system, thereby severely undermining the right to education, academic freedom and university autonomy and directly affecting more than 37,000 students, Condemning the increase in the number of arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances, including in the context of the regional electoral process of 2024, of, inter alia, political leaders, journalists and other media workers, human rights defenders, religious leaders, business people, Indigenous Peoples, Afrodescendants, peasants and members of the campesino movement, academics and students, artists and cultural workers, members of civil society and religious organizations and relatives of real or perceived dissidents, and expressing grave concern for their integrity, treatment and detention conditions, including health conditions, which may constitute torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and recognizing the particular challenges faced by older persons, sick persons and women and girls in detention, Condemning also the use by Nicaragua of transnational repression against political activists, real or perceived political opponents, journalists and other media workers, and human rights defenders, including through the targeting of their relatives, and extraterritorial legislation, by revoking their citizenship and by refusing to renew their passports, Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/175 of 17 December 2015 on the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), which established that disciplinary sanctions and restrictive measures shall not include the prohibition of family contact and that family contact may be restricted for only a limited period of time and as strictly required for the maintenance of security and order, Assembly resolution 65/229 of 21 December 2010 on the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), which prohibit sexual misconduct and the abuse of women and girls in detention, and Assembly resolutions 77/209 and 77/219 of 15 December 2022 on, respectively, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and 3