Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2022-120-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2022
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.865416
Longitude: -85.207229
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Nicaragua
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- OHCHR: OHCHR - General
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Regular engagement with OHCHR
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR - General
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 20 April 2022
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Nicaragua
- Reprisal information
- The case of the Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos (CPDH) and its staff was included in the 2021, 2020 and 2019 reports of the Secretary-General160 on allegations of threats, harassment, and intimidation by police for regularly engaging with OHCHR. According to information received by OHCHR, on 20 April 2022, the CPDH was one of the 25 civil society organizations that had its legal status terminated by the Legislative Assembly for the alleged non-compliance with Law No. 147 on Non-Profit Legal Persons and Law No. 977 against Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism and Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Reportedly, the CPDH was one of the last human rights organizations that formally operated in Nicaragua documenting allegations, providing legal representation to victims of violations, and reporting to the UN and other international bodies.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Administrative reprisal
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- Yes
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2023
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
- 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.
- Followup Trends 0
- Stayed same
- Date of follow up 0
- 23 July 2022
- Did the government respond? 0
- No
- Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
- UN Special Procedures: UN Special Procedures - General
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