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(CNN Spanish) — The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a new resolution on Nicaragua this Thursday, establishing a panel of experts to investigate complaints of human rights violations since April 2018 and up to now.
The “Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Nicaragua” project, which aims to increase accountability, was adopted with the approval of 20 countries, the abstention of another 20 and the dissenting of 7 nations, including Russia, China, Cuba and Venezuela.
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The Nicaraguan government opposed the resolution, reiterating that both this and previous reports, which it considered biased, were based on data from a segment of the population and did not contain the government’s version.
According to the decision, the experts have the task of comprehensively and independently investigating the alleged human rights violations committed in the country since April 2018 and their structural causes from a gender perspective.
This mechanism must “gather, preserve and analyze information and potential evidence and, where possible, identify those responsible for such breaches to support accountability efforts.”
The experts are appointed by the Human Rights Council and have one year from their appointment to investigate.
On March 7, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concern at the lack of a mechanism to address recommendations on human rights abuses in Nicaragua since 2018.
His office had reported more than 300 dead and 2,000 injured in anti-government protests, which acknowledged only 200 deaths, including police officers.