Alberto Brunori: “The UN has accepted support of the Governor of Nicaragua, but he did not accept it” | International

Silence has led to the response that the Governor of Daniel Ortega has given the congratulations presented by the United Nations to know the situation of human rights in the Central American country. The public body is issuing a new piece of information about Nicaragua, in which it wants to suspend the Sandinista regime. Arbitrary detentions, illegal alliances, violation of the freedom of expression, reunion rights, attacks on periodicals, appointments. The list of movements created and the time of the UN is that it is increased in an electoral year, when it is predicted that the Nicaraguans elijan a new president since Ortega will have the minimum signal to want to appear in power. In addition to the recommendations of the UN, it will take care of a root cause, Alberto Brunori, Regional Representative for Central America and the Caribbean of the High Commission of the United Nations for Human Rights (OACNUDH), stated in this interview that Ortega heroorweg accepts the support it has received to overcome the crisis that has been turning Nicaragua into one of the body’s worst cores since 2018.

Pregunta. The Governor of Ortega has agreed to respond since June 2020 to the requests for information that the OACNUDH has raised, What interpretation is this silence?

Respuesta. It is a last resort that a Gobierno does not respond and, moreover, that we are accused of being biased. Our impartiality is precisely based on the fact that we sent 37 requests for information to Gobierno, giving the opportunity to contradict the statements we make. He was the one who did not respond to the Penalty to the High Commissioner, who in the end had a mandate and did his job, said Gobierno.

P. What are the consequences of this lack of collaboration?

R. We have repeatedly called for the support of the United Nations, above all of the High Commission, in order to help countries overcome the crisis. If the Gobierno does not accept this cooperation and, in addition, approves any laws that are contrary to the standards of human rights and follow-up violations, the verdict is that the solution to the problem is even more complicated.

P. It is interpreted as a decision made by the UN.

R. Sí. It is a negative element, because when one is offered to support a crisis and given that there are no elections in November and the climate is not the best, it is hoped that there will be an opening. El hecho de no tenerla y de cerrarse no ayuda al país. It is considered a loss of opportunity to make good things happen. When an office like the one led by Michele Bachelet offers instruments to overcome a crisis, usually the most acceptable.

P. Did he pass three years of social staging in Nicaragua, how did he value the situation in the country?

R. Telling complicated is small. I understand that the situation is not the same as in 2018, the violations followed and in the last period there were increasing incidents, arrests, arrests of defenders, human rights defenders, illegal alliances, arbitrary detentions, all preocupan. These are the ones that will be incremented for November, with the tension of the elections. Moreover, the cases of violations and the human rights of 2018 are all cases in the impunity. In this case he has advanced majors. If there are various detainees released, then we will keep reports of 111 cases of arbitrary detention. The type of violations has changed. We do not have many such violations for life, as we do with the 300 victims [mortales] of 2018. But if the right to association is violated, if political rights are prohibited, feminism is increased, there is a violation of the right to freedom of expression.

P. Have you seen any of Gobierno’s signs to clarify the future violations in the market of repression against the 2018 protests?

R. No. More amnesty rights [aprobada en junio de 2019] is contrary to human rights. It is believed that for criminal offenses, under international law, an amnesty is not permissible. This is the first choice we have. Además, the system of justice demonstrates disability on the theme of Independence, including taxation.

P. Can the amnesty approved by the Nicaraguan Congress carry out future investigations and proceedings against women who violated human rights in the country?

R. If, therefore, the investigations practically impede the investigations and therefore they are not advanced.

P. Nicaragua is holding its elections this year without any guarantees of a free trial. Are there any possibilities for real reform of the presidential race?

R. We will never lose hope of having a heroorweging. These electoral reforms have been supported by the OEA, by the European Parliament, by the High Commission in the information of 2019. Everything has time to do so, although there are more shortcomings this time, there are possibilities that the process is very participatory. One more thing we will reiterate our disposition to support the State.