persons deprived of their liberty
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-091-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2023
- 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
- UN Treaty Bodies: CAT
- UN Treaty Bodies: SPT
- Dates of prior UN action
- 23 November 2022
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
persons deprived of their liberty
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
person deprived of their liberty engaging with the SPT
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: SPT
- Dates of engagement
- May 2014
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- May 2014
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Places of detention, Nicaragua
- Reprisal information
On 23 November 2022, the Committee against Torture decided the Convention against Torture. Among other things, the report to publish the report of the May 2014 visit of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to Nicaragua ) due to the State party ́s failure to cooperate with the two Committees, including noncompliance with Articles 12 and 14 of the Optional Protocol on noted fear of reprisals for engaging with the Subcommittee as well as incidents of reprisals. Observing a general fear of reprisals among person deprived of their liberty, the Subcommittee noted that even speaking with its delegation could lead to reprisals and identified a high risk of reprisals in places of detention visited in the North Atlantic and South Atlantic autonomous regions. The Subcommittee requested the urgent intervention of the national preventive mechanism, which found that reprisals had occurred and briefed the Subcommittee on action taken (paras. 100–101)
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- 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?
- Yes