PILPG Circle of Former Ambassadors to the UN Human Rights Council Releases Statement on the Current Situation in Nicaragua
February 13, 2023
The Public International Law & Policy Group, an ECOSOC-accredited NGO, convened a Circle of Former Ambassadors to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group of several former Ambassadors to the Human Rights Council, including two former Presidents of the Council - Ambassador Joachim Rucker (2015) and Ambassador Vojislav Suc (2019).
On February 13, PILPG's Circle of Former Ambassadors to the United Nations Human Rights Council released a statement welcoming the release of political prisoners and strongly condemning violations of the right to a nationality in Nicaragua.
The PILPG Circle of Former Ambassadors to the UN Human Rights Council urges the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, the Organization of American States, and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to address the situation in Nicaragua urgently.
The PILPG Circle of Former Ambassadors to the UN Human Rights Council reaffirms its support for the Nicaraguan people and their striving to defend democracy, the rule of law, and the human rights of all Nicaraguans.
Zorica Marić-Djordjević
Chair
Former Ambassador of Montenegro
PILPG Senior Peace Fellow
Joachim Ruecker
Former Ambassador of Germany
Former UN Human Rights Council President
Jorge Lomonaco
Former Ambassador of Mexico
Keith Harper
Former Ambassador of the United States
Filloreta Kodra
Former Ambassador of Albania
Amanda Ellis
Former Ambassador of New Zealand
Francisco Villagrán de León
Former Ambassador of Guatemala
Yvette Stevens
Former Ambassador of Sierra Leone
Tudor Ulianovschi
Former Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova
Vojislav Suc
Former Ambassador of Slovenia
Former UN Human Rights Council President