Office of the High Commissioner for Affairs UN Human Rights Commission (OHCHR) in Central America and the Caribbean this Wednesday expressed its “denunciation” of the “confiscation of all assets Central American University (UCA) in Nicaragua.

OHCHR, whose office for Central America and the Caribbean is based in Panama City, also denounced the fact that UCA was classified as “center of terrorism for organizing criminal groupsthe Nicaraguan authorities.

“OHCHR reminds the State of Nicaragua that their obligation in the face of a major university closure measureof course, for reasons of national security, must be justified by the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.”

In a statement released via social media, the Office of the High Commissioner also warned that this measure by the Nicaraguan authorities “seriously affects the right to educationnecessary for the realization of other human rights”.

The Nicaraguan justice system, controlled by the government led by Daniel Ortega, ordered Jesuit UCA, one of the country’s most prestigious private training centers, transfer your movable and immovable property, as well as your bank accounts to the State of NicaraguaThe school announced this on Wednesday.

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“The above measures have been taken in response to unsubstantiated claims that the Central American University functioned as a center of terrorismorganization of criminal groups,” the study house explained in an email addressed to the educational community and shared with EFE.

The Jesuit University, whose rector is the priest Rolando Enrique Alvarado López, decided from this Wednesday to suspend “all academic and administrative activities until you can restart them in the usual waywhich will be announced through the official communication channels of the University.”

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Last week, the authorities froze bank accounts and seized UCA property, and on Monday, a body attached to the Supreme Court withdrew the accreditation of the University’s Mediation Centersome measures taken in the midst of friction between the Ortega government and the Nicaraguan Catholic Church.

Nicaragua has been going through a political and social crisis since April 2018, which worsened after the disputed general elections on November 7, 2021, during which Ortega was re-elected for a fifth term with his main rivals in prison. (EFE)