[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 37380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16349]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10838]


Certification Pursuant to Section 6(A) of the Nicaragua Human 
Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Deputy Secretary of 
State, and pursuant to section 6(a) of the Nicaragua Human Rights and 
Anticorruption Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-335) and Department of State 
Delegation of Authority 245-2, I hereby certify that the Government of 
Nicaragua is not taking effective steps to:
     Strengthen the rule of law and democratic governance, 
including the independence of the judicial system and electoral 
council;
     combat corruption, including by investigating and 
prosecuting cases of public corruption;
     protect civil and political rights, including the rights 
of freedom of the press, speech, and association, for all people of 
Nicaragua, including political opposition parties, journalists, trade 
unionists, human rights defenders, indigenous peoples, and other civil 
society activists;
     investigate and hold accountable officials of the 
Government of Nicaragua and other persons responsible for the killings 
of individuals associated with the protests in Nicaragua that began on 
April 18, 2018; and
     hold free and fair elections overseen by credible domestic 
and international observers.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register and, 
along with the accompanying Memorandum of Justification, shall be 
reported to Congress.

    Dated: July 6, 2019.
John J. Sullivan,
Deputy Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-16349 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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