International Commissions of Inquiry, Fact-finding Missions: Americas

Commission on Human Rights resolution 8 (XXXI) of 27 Feb. 1977 (in E/5635, pp. 66-67)

Reports A/10285 (Spanish) of 7 Oct. 1975, E/CN.4/1188 of 4 Feb. 1976, A/31/253 of 8 Oct. 1976, A/32/227 of 29 Sept. 1977 and A/33/331 of 25 Oct. 1978;

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High Commissioner for Human Rights  upon the request of the Government of Colombia

Commission on Human Rights decision 1998/106 of 10 Mar. 1988 (in E/1988/12, p. 168); at the invitation of the Government of Cuba

Report E/CN.4/1989/46 of 21 Feb. 1989 and Corr.1;

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Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/51 of 15 Apr. 1997(in E/1997/23, p. 167)

Human Rights Council resolution 12/14 of 1 Oct. 2009 (in A/65/53, p. 30)

Human Rights Council resolution 49/3 of 31 March 2022

With the adoption of resolution 49/3 of 31 March 2022, the Human Rights Council provided the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua with the following mandate:

(a) To conduct thorough and independent investigations into all alleged human rights violations and abuses committed in Nicaragua since April 2018, including the possible gender dimensions of such violations and abuses, and their structural root causes;
(b) To establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the alleged violations and abuses, to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse information and evidence and, where possible, to identify those responsible, and to make such information accessible and usable in support of ongoing and future accountability efforts;
(c) To make recommendations with a view to improving the situation of human rights, to provide guidance on access to justice and accountability, as appropriate, and to ensure a victim-centred approach, including by addressing the impact of multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination;
(d) To engage with all relevant stakeholders, including the Government of Nicaragua, the Office of the High Commissioner, international human rights organizations, relevant United Nations agencies and civil society, with a view to exchanging information, as appropriate, and providing support for national, regional and international efforts to promote accountability for human rights violations and abuses in Nicaragua.

• Jan-Michael Simon, chair (Germany)
• Alexandro Álvarez, member (Chile)
• Ángela Maria Buitrago, member (Colombia)

• President of Human Rights Council appoints members of investigative body on Nicaragua
  24 May 2022

Documentation :

• Human Rights Council resolution 49/3: Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua
  31 March 2022

Human Rights Council resolution 42/25 of 27 Sept. 2019

2022, 18 March -  Statement by Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, at the 49th session of the Human Rights Council (English | Español)

2021, 16 Sept. HRC A/HRC/48/CRP.5. Detailed findings of the independent international factfinding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

2021, 16 Sept. - Report AUV A/HRC/48/69. Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 

2021, 10 March - Statement by Marta Valiñas at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council (English, Español)

2020, 13 Oct. - Human rights Council resolution 45/20. Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
2020, 16 Sept. - Report A/HRC/45/33
2020, 16 Sept. - Detailed findings of the Independent International Fact Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela A/HRC/45/CRP.11 (English, Español)