Nicaragua

1956-01-08

Nicaragua

C01118568

As Head of the Judicial Support Directorate, Luis Alberto Perez Olivas is in charge of El Chipote prison. This detention centre has been identified as a place where serious human rights violations occurred and detainees were physically and psychologically tortured during the time Perez Olivas held that role. Therefore there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Perez Olivas has been involved in the violation of the right to freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In August 2018, he was promoted to the rank of Commissioner General in the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP).

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

2020-12-31

UK

The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

UK country specific

Nicaragua

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of designated persons, either directly or indirectly. • The effect of the Regulations is to impose a travel ban on persons who are designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of being made subject to immigration sanctions under the Sanctions Act.

The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ensure sanctions for Nicaragua are implemented effectively after the UK leaves the EU. Context The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to encourage the government of Nicaragua to: • respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Nicaragua • refrain from actions, policies and activities which repress civil society in Nicaragua • comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.