A/HRC/4/40/Add.3
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Annex
REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
ON ITS VISIT TO NICARAGUA (15-23 May 2006)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ............................................................................................
Page
1-3
5
I.
PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT .................................................
4-6
5
II.
INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ....................
7 - 65
6
A.
Institutional framework ...................................................
7 - 20
6
B.
Legal framework for detention ........................................
21 - 65
8
POSITIVE ASPECTS .................................................................
66 - 76
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III.
A.
Cooperation of the Government ......................................
66
15
B.
Endeavours to comply with international standards
and to ensure protection of human rights in the
criminal justice system ....................................................
67 - 73
15
Efforts undertaken relating to the detention of minors ....
74 - 76
16
AREAS OF CONCERN ..............................................................
77 - 97
16
Failure to comply with procedural conditions and
deadlines for detention stipulated in the Code of
Criminal Procedure ..........................................................
77 - 83
16
B.
“Los Donados” .................................................................
84
18
C.
Disproportionate severity of penalties for offences
relating to the sale and use of narcotics ...........................
85 - 88
18
D.
Situation in Bluefields .....................................................
89 - 94
19
E.
Enforcement by committal ..............................................
95 - 97
20
C.
IV.
A.
V.
CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................
98 - 101
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VI.
RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................
102
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