<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><swiss-sanctions-list list-type="amendment" date="2023-01-24"><sanctions-program ssid="400" version-date="2023-01-24" predecessor-version-date="2022-01-21"><program-key lang="eng">Nicaragua</program-key><program-key lang="ger">Nicaragua</program-key><program-key lang="fre">Nicaragua</program-key><program-key lang="ita">Nicaragua</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 24 June 2020 on measures against Nicaragua (RS 946.231.158.5), Annex</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 24. Juni 2020 über Massnahmen gegenüber Nicaragua (SR 946.231.158.5), Anhang</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 24 juin 2020 instituant des mesures à l'encontre du Nicaragua (RS 946.231.158.5), annexe</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza del 24 giugno 2020 istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti del Nicaragua (RS 946.231.158.5), allegato</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="42032" lang="eng">art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="42032" lang="ger">Art. 2 Abs. 1 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 3 Abs. 1 (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="42032" lang="fre">art. 2, al. 1 (Sanctions financières) et art. 3, al. 1 (Interdiction de séjour et de transit)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="42032" lang="ita">art. 2 cpv. 1 (Sanzioni finanziarie) e art. 3 cpv. 1 (Divieto di entrata e di transito)</sanctions-set><origin>EU</origin></sanctions-program><target sanctions-set-id="42032" ssid="42052"><foreign-identifier>3</foreign-identifier><individual sex="male"><identity ssid="42054" main="true"><name ssid="42056" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="given-name"><value>Francisco</value></name-part><name-part order="2" name-part-type="further-given-name"><value>Javier</value></name-part><name-part order="3" name-part-type="family-name"><value>Díaz Madriz</value></name-part></name><day-month-year ssid="42055" day="3" month="8" year="1961" calendar="Gregorian" quality="good"/></identity><justification ssid="57592">General Director of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) since 23 Aug 2018 and former Deputy General Director of NNP. Responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, including by leading police forces committing violence against civilians, including excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions and torture. In 2021, he carried out the investigations to set up cases against the opposition leaders arrested before the elections.</justification></individual><modification modification-type="amended" enactment-date="2023-01-23" publication-date="2023-01-24" effective-date="2023-01-24"><added><justification ssid="57592">General Director of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) since 23 Aug 2018 and former Deputy General Director of NNP. Responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, including by leading police forces committing violence against civilians, including excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions and torture. In 2021, he carried out the investigations to set up cases against the opposition leaders arrested before the elections.</justification></added><removed><justification ssid="42053">General Director of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) since 23 Aug 2018 and former Deputy General Director of NNP. Responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, including by leading police forces committing violence against civilians, including excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions and torture.</justification></removed></modification></target><target sanctions-set-id="42032" ssid="47173"><individual sex="male"><identity ssid="47178" main="true"><name ssid="47182" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="given-name"><value>Lumberto</value></name-part><name-part order="2" name-part-type="further-given-name"><value>Ignacio</value></name-part><name-part order="3" name-part-type="family-name"><value>Campbell Hooker</value></name-part></name><nationality ssid="47183"><country iso-code="NI">Nicaragua</country></nationality><day-month-year ssid="47179" day="3" month="12" year="1949" calendar="Gregorian" quality="good"/><place-of-birth ssid="47180" place-id="47177" quality="good"/><identification-document ssid="47181" document-type="passport"><number>A00001109</number><issuer code="NI">Nicaragua</issuer></identification-document></identity><justification ssid="57593">Lumberto Ignacio Campbell Hooker has been since 2014 a member of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) – a body responsible for the preparation, holding and certification of the general elections of 7 Nov 2021 which, by their lack of transparency, true opposition and democratic debate, undermined democratic institutions and processes. The SEC deprived the opposition of the opportunity to stand for free elections and ensured the organisation of polls in non-democratic conditions. His mandate as member of the SEC was renewed by the General Assembly in May 2021. He spoke to the media during the 7 Nov 2021 elections, justifying and praising their organisation. He is therefore responsible for the repression of democratic opposition and for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.</justification><other-information ssid="47175">Member of the Supreme Electoral Council, acting President of the Supreme Electoral Council in 2018</other-information><other-information ssid="47176">ID number: 6010302490003J</other-information></individual><modification modification-type="amended" enactment-date="2023-01-23" publication-date="2023-01-24" effective-date="2023-01-24"><added><justification ssid="57593">Lumberto Ignacio Campbell Hooker has been since 2014 a member of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) – a body responsible for the preparation, holding and certification of the general elections of 7 Nov 2021 which, by their lack of transparency, true opposition and democratic debate, undermined democratic institutions and processes. The SEC deprived the opposition of the opportunity to stand for free elections and ensured the organisation of polls in non-democratic conditions. His mandate as member of the SEC was renewed by the General Assembly in May 2021. He spoke to the media during the 7 Nov 2021 elections, justifying and praising their organisation. He is therefore responsible for the repression of democratic opposition and for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.</justification></added><removed><justification ssid="47174">Lumberto Ignacio Campbell Hooker has been since 2014 a member of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) – a body responsible for the preparation, holding and certification of the general elections of 7 Nov 2021 which, by their lack of transparency, true opposition and democratic debate, undermined democratic institutions and processes. The SEC deprived the opposition of the opportunity to stand for free elections and ensured the organisation of polls in non-democratic conditions. He spoke to the media during the 7 Nov 2021 elections, justifying and praising their organisation. He is therefore responsible for the repression of democratic opposition and for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.</justification></removed></modification></target><place ssid="47177"><location>Raas</location><country iso-code="NI">Nicaragua</country></place></swiss-sanctions-list>