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Casualties Overview
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All known casualties by end 2010 |
1,285 (92 killed; 1,193 injured) |
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Casualties in 2010 |
5 (2009: 2) |
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2010 casualties by outcome |
1 killed; 4 injured (2009: 2 injured) |
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2010 casualties by device type |
4 ERW; 1 antipersonnel mine (2009: 1 ERW; 1 antipersonnel mine) |
In 2010, five civilian casualties were reported in Nicaragua in three separate mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) incidents. One man was killed, two boys and one girl were injured in two separate ERW incidents, and another boy was injured by an antipersonnel mine.[1]
The five casualties identified in 2010 marked an increase from the two casualties reported in 2009[2] and the three casualties reported in 2008[3], but remained lower than the 15 casualties reported in 2007.[4]
As of November 2010, 1,285 mine/ERW casualties (92 killed; 1,193 injured) were recorded in Nicaragua, including 42 deminers (five killed; 37 injured).[5]
Victim Assistance
There were at least 1,188 mine/ERW survivors in Nicaragua as of November 2010.[6]
The Nicaraguan Demining Commission’s (Comisión Nacional de Desminado, CND) Sub-Commission for Medical Assistance and Rehabilitation of Mine Survivors is the victim assistance coordination mechanism and the Ministry of Health is the focal point. Both have been largely inactive in years.[7]
By the end of 2010, 1,160 of the 1,188 registered mine survivors had received support from the Organization of American States (OAS) to access physical rehabilitation and/or economic reintegration assistance.[8] Ongoing attention is available through the Ministry of Health, as for all persons with disabilities.[9]
Nicaragua ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 7 December 2007.
[1] Email from Cecilia Bustamante, Coordinator, Survivor Assistance Program, Program for Demining in Central America (PADCA), Organization of American States (OAS), 7 March 2011.
[2] ICBL, Landmine Monitor 2010 (Ottawa: Mines Action Canada, October 2010), www.the-monitor.org.
[3] ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2009: Toward a Mine-Free World (Ottawa: Mines Action Canada: October 2009), www.the-monitor.org.
[4] ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2008: Toward a Mine-Free World (Ottawa: Mines Action Canada: October 2008), www.the-monitor.org.
[5] OAS PADCA, “Consolidado Registro Accidentes por Minas-UXOs / Accidentes en Operaciones de Desminado al 30 De Octubre Del 2010” (“Consolidated Registry of Mine/UXO Accidents/Demining Accidents through 30 October 2010”), 30 October 2010, www.oeadesminado.org.ni.
[6] Ibid. Five people who were injured by mines/ERW later died of unrelated causes.
[7] ICBL, “Country Profile: Nicaragua,” www.the-monitor.org, 18 October 2010.
[8] Email from Cecilia Bustamante, OAS PADCA, 7 March 2011.
[9] ICBL, “Country Profile: Nicaragua,” www.the-monitor.org, 18 October 2010.
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