ECPAT in Nicaragua (TESIS) focuses its actions in areas known for commercial sex activities, working to prevent HIV and facilitating access to treatment for sexually transmitted infections. It also promotes the necessity for appropriate medical services for those affected by these diseases. TESIS continues to place the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents on the agenda of key stakeholders in the public and private spheres, in Managua and in nine municipalities of the country.
Contact: Sr. Danilo Medrano
Phone: (+505) 2248 4542 / 2250 8267
Address: Barrio Campo Bruce, de donde fue el cine Salinas 1 c. al sur, 75 vrs abajo
Email: tesis.asociacion@yahoo.com
Website: https://asociaciontesisnicaragua.org/
In Nicaragua, there are a high number of children engaged in the worst forms of child labor, including in sexual exploitation sometimes resulting from human trafficking.
According to UNICEF, one third of Nicaragua’s population is below 18 years old. Forty-one percent of the child population is married before the age of 18.
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Year: 2022
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Year: 2019
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Age of sexual consent is 16 years. The national legislation provides for a two year close-in-age exception.
Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024
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Universal jurisdiction is provided for SEC related offences. It is unclear whether it includes OCSE related offences. Double criminality is NOT required.
Extradition requires a minimum gravity of one year of imprisonment (therefore applying to all SEC-related offences) as well as the double criminality principle. Nicaraguan nationals cannot be extradited.
SECTT Legal Checklist Nicaragua, 2020
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No
There are no mandatory legal provisions for criminal background checks nor legislation prohibiting convicted sex offenders to hold positions involving or facilitating contact with children.
SECTT Legal Checklist Nicaragua, 2020
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Nicaragua has ratified the CRC, the OPSC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention No. 182.
Nicaragua has not ratified the OPIC, the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
SECTT Legal Checklist Nicaragua, 2020
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Nicaragua has implemented a national code for child protection in travel and tourism as a binding requirement for industry operators.
SECTT Legal Checklist Nicaragua, 2020
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