Nicaragua
Practice Relating to Rule 118. Provision of Basic Necessities to Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
Nicaragua’s Military Manual (1996) provides that prisoners of war have the right to receive medical care and shall be treated in terms of food and clothing on the same footing as the detaining power’s own troops.
Nicaragua’s Military Penal Code (1996) provides that it is an offence not to provide indispensable food and necessary medical care to prisoners of war.