“Nicaragua announces its sovereign and irrevocable decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, as well as from all activities related to it and all associated mechanisms,” Daniel Ortega’s wife, Rosario Murillo.
Newsroom (06/03/2025 20:30, Gaudium Press) Nicaragua has announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council after the body’s experts accused President Daniel Ortega’s government of repression. Recently, a report by the UN Group of Experts on Human Rights pointed out that the country had created a “machine of repression” and established an authoritarian regime.
“Nicaragua announces its sovereign and irrevocable decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, as well as from all activities related to it and all associated mechanisms,” Daniel Ortega’s wife, Rosario Murillo, recently appointed vice-president of the Central American country through controversial constitutional reforms, told the local press. The changes came into effect on February 18 and have received severe criticism from the UN Security Council, which has denounced the Managua government for turning Nicaragua “into an authoritarian state, where there are no independent institutions; dissenting voices are silenced and the population, both internally and externally, is the victim of persecution, compulsory exile, and economic retaliation”.
This is not the first time the country has reacted to criticism from international organizations by announcing its withdrawal. At the beginning of February, Nicaragua announced its withdrawal from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ordered the closure of the organization’s facilities in the country. The decision was taken following the release of a document in which the FAO listed the country among the most food-insecure nations. In December 2021, Managua announced its withdrawal from the Organization of American States (OAS), seen as a pressure tool by the United States to interfere in national policies. The disengagement from the OAS and the request for the facilities in Managua took place in November 2023.
In addition, information from Managua reports the closure of ten other independent non-profit organizations, including the Institute for Development, Evaluation, Assistance, and Solutions, which is dedicated to offering micro finance and economic development services to low-income individuals worldwide, and the Casa de Dios Puerta del Cielo Christian Association, which operates throughout the country. The Civil Association for Health and Environmental Engineering has also been abolished.
With information from Vatican news
Compiled by Dominic Joseph
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