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(CNN Spanish) --
The United Nations Human Rights Council announced on Tuesday the appointment of the group of human rights experts on Nicaragua, as reported by the agency through a press release.
The team - formed in compliance with a Council resolution approved on March 31 - is made up of Jan-Michael Simon, from Germany, Alexandro Álvarez, from Chile, and Ángela María Buitrago, from Colombia.
Simon will be the president of the group.
The statement indicates that the group was mandated to “undertake thorough and independent investigations into all alleged human rights violations and abuses committed in Nicaragua since April 2018, in particular the possible gender dimensions of those abuses and violations, and their consequences.” deep structural causes.
In addition - according to the resolution of the Council - the group was asked to "establish the facts and circumstances related to the alleged abuses and violations, gather, consolidate, preserve and analyze information and evidence and, if possible, identify those responsible , and make that information accessible and usable in support of current and future accountability initiatives.”
The group of experts will have an initial period of one year from its appointment to “formulate recommendations with a view to improving the human rights situation, provide advice on access to justice and accountability, as appropriate, and ensure a victim-centred approach" states the Council.
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In March, the representative of the Nicaraguan government before the Human Rights Council rejected the resolution and reiterated that both this and the previous ones are based on what he considered biased reports, based on data from a sector of the population and that they do not include the version of the government.
For its part, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), through a statement, welcomed this Tuesday the appointment of "experts who will investigate serious human rights violations in Nicaragua."
The non-governmental organization considers that "this is one more step to achieve justice and reparation for the victims of government repression".
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The Cenidh also called on the mechanisms for the international protection of human rights and the international organizations that have accompanied the situation in Nicaragua to lend their full support to the mechanism.
He added that it was "the obligation of the State of Nicaragua to rectify its previous rejection of international organizations" and demanded "that it guarantee the team of experts their entry and work in the country."
On March 7, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed her concern about the lack of a mechanism to address the recommendations regarding human rights violations in Nicaragua since 2018.
Bachelet's office had reported more than 300 deaths and 2,000 injuries in the context of the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega, which recognizes only 200 fatalities, including police.