It is the team of the IACHR to investigate acts of violence in Nicaragua

By eyn.net

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) established the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IEGI) for Nicaragua, with the aim of contributing and support the investigation of violent events in the country since April 18 in the context of social protests

The GIEI will be composed of: Amerigo Incalcaterra, Sofía Macher, Claudia Paz y Paz and Pablo Parenti, people of high technical level and trajectory recognized in the protection of human rights. IGIE members were selected by the IACHR and appointed by the Secretary General of the OAS. GIEI members arrived in Managua on July 1 to begin their work

Amérigo Incalcaterra worked at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as Regional Representative for the United Nations. South America, Representative in Mexico and Guatemala and Deputy Director in Colombia. He has also been Deputy Commissioner of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). He has participated in peacekeeping operations in Central America, has been an adviser to the Department of Political Affairs and the UN Peacekeeping Department, advised the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General. He has held protection and program positions with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Cuba and Angola.

Sofia Macher is a sociologist, holds a Master's degree in Gender and Doctor in Sociology She was commissioned in two truth commissions (Peru and Solomon Islands), consultant in five other transition processes (Colombia , Yemen, Libya, Sri Lanka and Tunisia), and participated in several others. He participated in the OAS Dialogue Roundtable on the Return to Democracy in Peru, representing civil society. He chaired the Peruvian State Reparations Council, which produced the Single Registry of Victims (2006-2014). She has held positions in several human rights organizations (National Coordinator of Human Rights in Peru, Amnesty International and others)

Claudia Paz y Paz is a doctor in criminal law and human rights the man from the University of Salamanca. Academic, judge, litigator, I work for more than 25 years for the strengthening of justice in Guatemala. He was Attorney General of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Guatemala (2010-2014). He has worked for the IACHR in the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) of Ayotzinapa, Mexico. She has been Secretary of Multidimensional Security of the OAS (2017-2018).

Pablo Parenti is a lawyer (University of Buenos Aires, 1995), Master in International Criminal Jurisdiction (Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Spain, 2004). He is a federal prosecutor in Argentina and has been working for nearly 20 years in crimes against humanity cases. He has been coordinator of the Fiscal Unit for Coordination and Follow-up of Cases of Human Rights Violations during State Terrorism State Terrorism (2007-2012) and since 2012 is in charge of the Unit specializing in the cases of the appropriation of children during the state terrorism of the Prosecutor General's Office (MPF), currently in possession of a license.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) have obtained the consent of the State of Nicaragua to create a mechanism an international investigation into the acts of violence that occurred since April 18 in that country through an agreement signed on May 30.

The GIEI will have the following powers: technically the lines of investigation and make recommendations of actions concerning the different levels of legal responsibility; analyze whether the survey exhausts all the lines of research correctly and if the appropriate legal figures are used to frame the possible mistakes and the perpetrators and, if necessary, recommend the actions that they must be put to ensure that these goals are achieved. The Group will have guarantees of autonomy and independence, as well as access to investigation and security files to carry out its work.

The terms of reference of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts shall be six months and may be extended by agreement. Parties. The IACHR will respond to the recommendations made by the Panel through the Special Follow-up Mechanism for Nicaragua (MESENI), which was installed on 24 June and is located in the country that monitors the implementation of the recommendations of the Preliminary Observations. of the visit and the report "Serious Violations of Human Rights in the Context of Social Demonstrations in Nicaragua". The Inter-American Commission also continues to monitor its headquarters on the human rights situation in Nicaragua through the Coordination and Rapid Response and Integrated Response Room (SACROI).

The IACHR is a principal and autonomous organ of the Organization of the Americas. American states (OAS), whose mandate derives from the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. The mandate of the Inter-American Commission is to promote respect for and defense of human rights in the region and to act as an advisory body to the OAS in this regard. The IACHR is composed of seven independent members who are elected by the General Assembly of the OAS in their personal capacity and do not represent their country of origin or residence.