Nicaragua

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• Organization of American States (OAS) 1
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• UN Commission on Human Rights 2
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• World Organisation Against Torture 6
• WRITENET 2

• Annual Reports 185
• Case Law 148
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• Access to procedures 1
• Africans 3
• Age discrimination 2
• Amazonian Indians 2
• Anglican 1
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• Appeal / Right to appeal 5
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• Assemblies of God 8
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 13
• Baha'i 5
• Baptist 10
• Barabaig 1
• Batwa 1
• Buddhist 2
• Burden of proof 1
• Capacity building of state institutions 1
• Caribs 1
• Catholic 13
• Changes of circumstances in home country 5
• Child labour 22
• Child prostitution 17
• Child soldiers 5
• Children's rights 55
• Children-at-risk 29
• Chin 1
• Christian 10
• Citizenship / Nationality law 3
• Civil and political rights 4
• Civil rights legislation 1
• Combatants / Former combatants 1
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Complementary forms of protection 2
• Conflict situation 4
• Constitutional law 2
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
• Convention refugee 5
• Corruption 15
• Country of origin information (COI) 1
• Creoles 1
• Crimes against humanity 6
• Criminal justice 16
• Death in custody 1
• Death squads 2
• Democracy 6
• Denial of refugee status 92
• Deportation / Forcible return 89
• Disappeared persons 17
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 29
• Domestic violence 10
• Drug trafficking 9
• Economic, social and cultural rights 21
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 2
• Elections 21
• Episcopalian 6
• Equal opportunities 3
• Equality before the law 5
• Evangelical 12
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 5
• Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
• Exclusion clauses 3
• Exiles 1
• Expulsion 1
• Extrajudicial executions 16
• Extreme poverty 6
• Family law 1
• Forced labour 32
• Forced marriage 2
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 32
• Freedom of assembly and association 40
• Freedom of conscience 3
• Freedom of expression 119
• Freedom of information 33
• Freedom of movement 17
• Freedom of religion 42
• Freedom of speech 62
• Gang related violence 4
• Garinagu 1
• Gender discrimination 25
• Gender mainstreaming 3
• Gender-based persecution 7
• Good governance 4
• HIV and AIDS 8
• Hadza 1
• Han 1
• Harmful traditional practices 1
• Himba 1
• Hmong 2
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 18
• Hui 1
• Human Rights Council 2
• Human rights activists 24
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 60
• Human rights courts 1
• Human rights monitors 5
• Humanitarian assistance 3
• Illegal entry 3
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
• Immigration Detention 7
• Immigration law 5
• Impunity 4
• Independence of judiciary 9
• Indigenous persons 27
• Integration 1
• Internal armed conflict 2
• Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 10
• International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
• International courts and tribunals 1
• International protection 3
• Inuit 1
• Jehovah's Witness 10
• Jew 8
• Juvenile justice system 1
• Karen 2
• Legal representation / Legal aid 3
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 9
• Lutheran 4
• Maasai 1
• Maternal and child health care 6
• Mennonite 9
• Mental health 1
• Mentally disadvantaged persons 3
• Migrant rights 1
• Migrants 3
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 33
• Minorities 19
• Minority rights 4
• Mon 1
• Montagnards 1
• Moravian 7
• Mormon 9
• Multiple nationality 2
• Muslim 9
• National security / Public order 1
• Naturalization 3
• Non-state agents of persecution 2
• Opposition 7
• Orang Asli 1
• Peace agreements 2
• Pentecostal 10
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 43
• Persecution of family members 9
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
• Persons of concern to UNHCR 6
• Persons with disabilities 14
• Piracy 2
• Police 16
• Political asylum 4
• Political groups 4
• Political parties 12
• Political situation 6
• Pre-trial detention 6
• Prison or detention conditions 22
• Property restitution 4
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 10
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
• Public health 4
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
• Reception 1
• Refugee / Asylum law 4
• Refugee identity documents 3
• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
• Refugee travel documents / CTDs 1
• Refugees 22
• Religious discrimination 21
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 14
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
• Resettlement 1
• Residence permits / Residency 2
• Returnees 1
• Right to a nationality 8
• Right to education 7
• Right to employment 10
• Right to family life 1
• Right to food 2
• Right to health 4
• Right to justice 2
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to return 1
• Right to self-determination 3
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 14
• SGBV 53
• Sami 1
• San Bushmen 1
• Scientologist 5
• Security forces 11
• Security situation 2
• Seventh Day Adventist 3
• Sexual and reproductive rights 18
• Shan 1
• Shia 1
• Smuggling of persons 2
• Social group discrimination 13
• Social group persecution 8
• Standard of proof 4
• State protection 5
• Statelessness 6
• Sunni 5
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Terrorism 19
• Threats / Intimidation 5
• Tibetan 1
• Torture 4
• Trafficking in persons 53
• Transit 1
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
• Travel documents 1
• Uighur 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 6
• Visas 8
• Voluntary repatriation 3
• Well-founded fear of persecution 48
• Witnesses 1
• Women's rights 45
• Women-at-risk 21
• Work permits 2

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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