UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review – 47th Session

Universal Periodic Review of Nicaragua

13 November 2024

Statement by Australia

Thank you, Vice President.

Australia is gravely concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in Nicaragua, including reprisals against Indigenous leaders and women’s rights organisations.

Australia recommends Nicaragua:

1. Restore the citizenship and assets of people stripped of their citizenship and provide guarantees for their safe return without reprisal, in accordance with Articles 16 and 20 of the Constitution.
2. Reinstate as a matter of urgency legal status to civil society organisations, religious and other associations, and return all seized property, in accordance with Articles 44, 49 and 50 of the Constitution.
3. Conduct free and transparent elections in 2026, ensuring the participation of independent national and international electoral observers, in accordance with Articles 2, 5 and 51 of the Constitution.