Communiqué No. 10
Today, Friday, March 29, 2019, the eighteenth session of negotiation was held at the INCAE campus. The following activities and agreements was done:
1. International Witnesses and Companions, Apostolic Nuncio Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, representative of His Holiness Pope Francis in Nicaragua and Mr. Luis Angel Rosadilla, representative of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, were invited to act as international guarantors of the implementation of the "Agreement for the facilitation of the process of release of persons detained in accordance with the country's legal system and the respective international obligations of Nicaragua in this area." The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States and the Secretariat of the Holy See have officially accepted the invitation.
2. Correspondence was received on March 29 from the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Mexico and Central America confirming the "full readiness of the ICRC to facilitate the process of liberation under the "Agreement for the facilitation of the process of releasing persons detained in accordance to the Nicaraguan legal framework and its international obligations related to the matter", signed on March 27, 2019, between the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity (GRUN) and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy. " The ICRC expressed its "readiness to receive from the Parties the lists of persons detained, contemplated under the Agreement."
3. The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States confirmed its willingness and acceptance to resume the work related to the Reform and Strengthening of the Electoral Process Project. Has appointed Mr. Cristobal Fernandez, Head of the Electoral Technical Cooperation Section of the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO), as Coordinator of the electoral work.
4. In the case of charged or accused not detained, absent or in rebellion, a Political Agreement will be made for the definitive closure of their cases. It was approved to invite the International Witnesses and Companions aforementioned as international guarantors of the implementation of said political agreement.
5. In the context of this agreement, the parties to the Negotiating Table will define mechanisms that will allow the definitive release in each case and the monitoring and verification of compliance with the Human Rights of the released persons. To this end, they will sign a protocol of security guarantees for the released that will be defined by the authorities in charge of their follow-up and the organizations that will support them in that objective. In case of need, the parties, by mutual agreement, will request the national and international support that is required.
6. The "Agreement to Strengthen Citizen Rights and Guarantees" was approved, related to the first item on the agenda of the Negotiation.
7. The texts of the "Agreement for the facilitation of the process of releasing persons detained in accordance to the Nicaraguan legal framework and its international obligations related to the matter" as well as the "Agreement to Strengthen Citizen Rights and Guarantees" will be electronically disclosed.
The negotiation has been developed in an environment of mutual respect.
Managua, Friday, March 29, 2019.