Nicaragua

• Argentina: Corte Suprema de Justicia 1
• Canada: Federal Court 6
• Canada: Federal Court of Appeal 3
• Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 1
• Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia 13
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) 3
• International Court of Justice (ICJ) 2
• United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 116
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 1
• United States Supreme Court 1

• Appeal / Right to appeal 5
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Burden of proof 1
• Changes of circumstances in home country 5
• Civil rights legislation 1
• Complementary forms of protection 1
• Convention refugee 5
• Country of origin information (COI) 1
• Crimes against humanity 4
• Criminal justice 3
• Denial of refugee status 90
• Deportation / Forcible return 83
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Equal opportunities 1
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 5
• Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
• Exclusion clauses 3
• Expulsion 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2
• Freedom of assembly and association 1
• Freedom of expression 32
• Freedom of speech 32
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1
• Illegal entry 2
• Immigration Detention 4
• Indigenous persons 1
• Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
• Legal representation / Legal aid 3
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
• National security / Public order 1
• Opposition 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 34
• Persecution of family members 9
• Political asylum 4
• Political groups 1
• Political situation 1
• Prison or detention conditions 1
• Refugees 1
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
• Right to employment 1
• Right to family life 1
• Right to justice 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
• Social group persecution 8
• Standard of proof 3
• Travel documents 1
• Visas 3
• Well-founded fear of persecution 47
• Witnesses 1

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• Amnesty International - Nicaragua
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Nicaragua
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Nicaragua
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Mexico
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Nicaragua
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Nicaragua
• ReliefWeb - Nicaragua
• UNHCR - Nicaragua
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Nicaragua
• United States Department of State - Nicaragua
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Nicaragua
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Nicaragua