A/HRC/54/61 including the rights to a nationality, to hold public office, to a legal personality, to a social security pension and to exercise their legal professions. 132 113. The case of the Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos (CPDH) and its staff has been included since 2019 in the reports of the Secretary-General133 on allegations of threats, harassment, and intimidation by police for regularly engaging with OHCHR. On 23 July 2022, special procedures mandate holders addressed the dissolution of the CPDH through the publication of Decree No. 8795 in the Official Gazette No. 73, which cancelled the legal personality of 25 civil society organisations (NIC 2/2022). As a result of this cancellation, CPDH was no longer able to receive national and international funding, including from the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Mandate holders noted that most of the CPDH employees have reportedly fled the country while those remaining in the country have been officially declared “unemployed”. The organisation’s real estate and vehicles were reportedly confiscated (NIC 2/2022). According to information received by OHCHR, the CPDH and its staff relocated abroad to be able to continue their human rights work and activities. 114. The case of Mr. Félix Alejandro Maradiaga was included in the 2019 and 2022 reports of the Secretary-General134 for an arrest warrant in 2018135 and conviction in March 2022 and sentencing to 13 years in prison under Law No. 1055 in connection to his briefing to the UN Security Council in September 2018 (S/PV.8340, pages 4–5). Mr. Maradiaga is a political scientist, was the executive director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policy (IEEPP) and a pre-candidate for the 2021 presidential elections. 136 According to information received by OHCHR, on 9 February 2023 Mr. Maradiaga and another 221 persons were arbitrarily deprived of their liberty and deported from Nicaragua based on an order from the Court of Appeals of Managua.137 Mr. Maradiaga, together with the others, was also arbitrarily deprived of his nationality and his records were reportedly erased from the Civil Registry, which had multiple negative impacts on his human rights. 115. The case of Mr. Anibal Toruño, of Radio Darío, was included in the 2020 and 2022 reports of the Secretary-General138 on allegations of threats following UN action on his case. In 2021, Mr. Toruño relocated outside the country due to concerns about his safety. Several of Mr. Toruño’s close relatives and co-workers were the target of repeated acts of harassment, intimidation, and physical surveillance by police officers. According to information received by OHCHR, on 15 February 2023 the Managua Court of Appeals issued a decision stripping Mr. Toruño and 92 other individuals of their nationality, declared them “fugitives from justice, and requested the confiscation of their properties. This decision was not taken as part of a criminal trial or any other legal procedure. On 24 March 2023, the authorities confiscated a house belonging to Mr. Toruño’s relatives, including all the belongings inside. 116. The case of Ms. Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia, of the Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH), was included in the 2020 and 2021 reports of the Secretary-General139 on allegations of harassment following her engagement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2019 and concerns expressed about the situation of CENIDH by various UN actors.140 The CENIDH and nine other civil society organizations were the first to be deprived of their legal personality in 2019 for alleged administrative omissions or activities contrary to their statutory purposes, including providing support to “terrorist activities”. Their assets were liquidated and disposed of by the authorities. According to information received by OHCHR, on 15 February 2023, the Managua Court of Appeals issued a decision stripping Ms. Núñez de Escorcia and 92 other individuals of their 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 66 https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2023/03/oral-update-asg-situation-human-rights-nicaragua. A/HRC/42/30, Annex I, para. 78; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 95–96; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II para. 105; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II para. 120. A/HRC/42/30, Annex I para. 82; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II para. 118. NIC 5/2021. A/HRC/49/23, para. 8. The order of “immediate deportation” was based in the Constitution, the Penal Code and the Law of Defense of the Rights of the People to Independence, Sovereignty and Self-Determination for Peace. A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 90; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II para. 119. A/HRC/45/36, Annex I para. 89; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II paras. 102–103. NIC 4/2021 and A/HRC/46/21, paras. 18–20. GE.23-15378