# UN reporting found legislative and judicial branches subordinated to the presidency

Date: 2025

A UN human-rights report presented in 2025 described the constitutional reforms as reducing Nicaragua's legislative and judicial branches to bodies coordinated by and subordinated to the presidency, while placing the public prosecutor under direct presidential control. Reporting on the document noted that it was based on more than 200 interviews with victims, witnesses and other sources, with the UN office lacking access to Nicaragua. [AP News](https://apnews.com/article/f7395e342adef9e0f585b9806ab04ccd?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Ortega–Murillo family autocracy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/ortega-family-autocracy

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/un-report-calls-international-action-nicaraguas-government-deepens-repression-2025-02-26/
- https://apnews.com/article/f7395e342adef9e0f585b9806ab04ccd

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/2025-un-report-state-branches-subordinated