Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia
HRD & President
Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights – CENIDH
Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia is the founder and president of Centro Nicaraguense de los Derechos Humanos (Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights – CENIDH) and has worked for more than 56 years for the implementation of human rights in the country, including the abolition of torture, mediation of conflicts and liberation of political prisoners. The human rights defender has active participation in several national and international organizations, including the Central American Commission for Human Rights, in which she was president, and the Worldwide Organization against Torture.
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