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• Social group discrimination 13
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• Standard of proof 4
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• Terrorism 19
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• Witnesses 1
• Women's rights 46
• Women-at-risk 21
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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