E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.6 page 4 Annex REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE, MR. DOUDOU DIÈNE, ON HIS MISSION TO NICARAGUA (9 TO 13 JULY 2004) CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction ................................................................................................ I. II. III. GENERAL OVERVIEW ............................................................... 5 3 - 10 5 3 5 Ethnic and demographic situation .......................................... B. Political and social context ..................................................... 4 - 10 6 POLITICAL AND LEGAL STRATEGY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................... 11- 13 7 A. Institutional multiculturalism ................................................. 11 7 B. Legal and institutional framework for efforts to combat racism and racial discrimination ............................................. 12 - 13 7 PRESENTATION OF THEIR SITUATION BY THE POPULATION GROUPS CONCERNED ..................................... 14 - 20 8 Economic and social marginalization of the Atlantic coast regions ........................................................................... 14 - 16 8 Concerns relating to protection of land rights and the implementation of a bilingual intercultural education programme .............................................................................. 17 - 20 9 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL STRATEGY AND THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .............................................................................. 21 - 23 10 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................... 24 - 26 11 B. V. 1-2 A. A. IV. Page