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La Gaceta publishes Law 1115 centralising control of non-profit organisations

On 6 April 2022 La Gaceta, Diario Oficial No. 66, published Law 1115, the General Law for the Regulation and Control of Non-Profit Organisations, approved by the National Assembly on 31 March 2022 and executed by the presidency on 5 April. In the causal graph this event weakens Civic Space, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 6 April 2022 La Gaceta, Diario Oficial No. 66, published Law 1115, the General Law for the Regulation and Control of Non-Profit Organisations, approved by the National Assembly on 31 March 2022 and executed by the presidency on 5 April. The statute created the Interior directorate that later cancelled organisations by ministerial agreement.

Context

She was vice-president and communications coordinator. GHREN later recorded that Fidel Moreno mapped organisations to cancel under her direction at least from 2021. He remains unresolved. She did not sit as every deputy.

Law 1127 of 16 August 2022 is the child that enabled Interior acuerdos. Acuerdo 38 of 19 August 2024 is a later mass cancellation. Keep La Gaceta publishes Law 1115 centralising control of non-profit organisations on 2022-04-06 separate from neighbouring 7 November 2021 CSE night, 6 April 2022 Law 1115, 19 August 2024 Acuerdo 38, 30 January 2025 co-presidency reform, and 1 September 2026 first-reading seven-year vote.

The co-president of Nicaragua is head of state and, under the 2025 text, coordinates other organs and sits as supreme command of the army, police and Interior. She can announce constitutional reforms and midday communiqués. She does not sit as a CSE teller, a Managua trial judge, or every Interior clerk who stamps an NGO cancellation.

Why it matters

The path is civic space and co-rulership: a completed legal vehicle for mass cancellation of civic and religious organisations.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Rosario Murillo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    verified

    The Assembly passed. The presidency executed. GHREN recorded mapping under her direction. Interior later cancelled.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified3 sources on file
  1. 1.GHREN A/HRC/58/CRP.8 — Law 1115 vehicle; NGO mapping under Vice-President MurilloUN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.ICNL Civic Freedom Monitor — Law 1115 as the central NPO-control statuteInternational Center for Not-for-Profit Law · High credibility · verified
  3. 3.Ley Nº. 1115 — La Gaceta, Diario Oficial No. 66 of 6 April 2022National Assembly of Nicaragua / La Gaceta · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

1115 — La Gaceta, Diario Oficial No. 66 of 6 April 2022 (http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2022/4/g66.pdf (opens in a new tab); National Assembly of Nicaragua / La Gaceta).

National Assembly of Nicaragua / La Gaceta carries the official instrument or communique. International Center for Not-for-Profit Law records the same dated act independently.

Established: Law 1115 was published on 6 April 2022 as the general NPO-control statute; GHREN later attributed NGO mapping to her direction.

Not established: A unique later MESENI increment as Contribution.size, or that every later Interior acuerdo is this same gazette day.

The presidency executed. GHREN recorded mapping under her direction. Interior later cancelled.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies La Gaceta publishes Law 1115 centralising control of non-profit organisations, not a later speech about La Gaceta publishes Law 1115 centralising control of non-profit organisations.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to The Assembly passed. The presidency executed. Interior later cancelled. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorRosario Murillo
  2. contributed toFactLa Gaceta publishes Law 1115 centralising control of non-profit organisations
  3. weakensDrivers (2)Civic Space
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). La Gaceta publishes Law 1115 centralising control of non-profit organisations. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ni-murillo-ley-1115-2022

https://factrail.ai/facts/ni-murillo-ley-1115-2022

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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