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March 29, 2026SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Challenges for the protection of Nicaragua’s indigenous environmental defenders through national and international mechanisms

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MAMaría Luisa AcostaNational Institute of Technology

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Examining human rights violations against Indigenous environmental defenders in Nicaragua, highlighting critical implications for protection mechanisms.

Key Points

  • This paper examines the challenges faced by Indigenous environmental defenders in Nicaragua due to systemic violence and repression.
  • Analysis of government policies and their impact on Indigenous communities
  • Review of international human rights interventions by IACHR and UN
  • Case studies of Indigenous environmental defenders' experiences
  • Indigenous defenders face criminalization and imprisonment under harsh conditions
  • International human rights mechanisms have been ignored by the Nicaraguan regime
  • Systematic violence against Indigenous communities correlates with the interests of extractive industries

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María Luisa Acosta (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c0b0de0f0f753b39b844https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1755613
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