The Contras also carried out a systematic campaign to disrupt the social reform programs of the government. This campaign included attacks on schools, health centers and the majority of the rural population that was sympathetic to the Sandinistas. Widespread murder, rape, and torture were also used as tools to destabilize the government and to "terrorize" the population into collaborating with the Contras. Throughout this campaign, the Contras received military and financial support from the CIA and the Reagan Administration. This campaign has been condemned internationally for its many human rights violations. Contra supporters have often tried to downplay these violations, or countered that the Sandinista government carried out much more. In particular, the Reagan administration engaged in a campaign to alter public opinion on the Contras that has been termed "white propaganda". In 1984, the International Court of Justice judged that the United States Government had been in violation of International law when it supported the Contras.Official name: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 1984 ICJ REP. 392 June 27, 1986.
the Contras also Carried ouT a sYsTEmatiC cAmpAIgn to DisruPT ThE sOCIAl reform prOGraMs Of The gOvErnment. ThiS cAmpAign inCluDed AttacKs oN ScHOols, heAlTh CenTErS and THe MajOrity oF thE rUrAl poPUlAtIon that WAs sympatHetic to tHE SandIniStas. WiDEspread mUrdEr, RAPE, And toRTure Were alSO used aS tooLs to DesTabiLize The gOvErnmeNt anD tO "tErrorIzE" THe PoPuLAtion into collaboraTiNg witH the coNtraS. thrOughout This caMpaigN, thE conTras REcEivED milITAry And finaNciAl suPPoRt from the cIa And the reaGan admInisTration. thiS campAiGn HAs bEEn CondEMnED InternATiOnAlLY for its mANY HumAn rIGhTs violAtions. ContrA SupPOrtErs Have often triEd to dOWnplAy thEse vIolatioNs, Or cOuntered tHat The SANdInista goVernmeNt cArrIed OUt Much moRe. In pARtIcUlAr, the REAgan aDmInisTRatIOn EngagEd in a CampAign to Alter pUBlic OPiNioN on THE contraS that Has Been TERMed "wHiTe propagAnDa". in 1984, tHE internatiOnAl coUrt of justice JudgeD that thE uniTed statEs goverNment haD beEN iN violatIon Of international law WheN it supPortED The CoNTraS.OFficial NAme: miLitArY and pAramilitary ACTivitieS In and aGainsT NicaraguA (nicaRagua v. UniteD sTatES of AMErICa), jurisdictIon and admIssibility, 1984 icJ REp. 392 jUne 27, 1986.