In the list of 39 countries there are 13 that have a vote in the UN Human Rights Council to decide whether the Mission continues. On the other hand, Human Rights Watch asked the Member States of the United Nations not to give Venezuela the vote so that it remains in that instance.
In a communication dated October 3, some 39 countries expressed their support for renewing for two more years the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission that investigates crimes against humanity in Venezuela.
Albanian*, GermanyAustralia*, Austria*, Belgium*, BrazilBulgaria*, Canada*, CzechiaChile*, Croatia*, Denmark*, Ecuador*, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, United States of AmericaEstonian*, Finland, FranceGeorgia*, Greece*, Guatemala*, Ireland*, Iceland*, Israel*, Latvia*, Liechtenstein*, Lithuania, LuxembourgMalt*, Montenegrin, Netherlands, Paraguay, PolandPortugal*, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandRomania*, Sweden* and Uruguay*, are the nations that sign the resolution to debate it between this Thursday, October 6 or Friday, October 7 at the UN Human Rights Council.
Of those 39 countries, 13 have a vote in the aforementioned Council.
The document that proposes the renewal of the Mission’s mandate strongly condemns “the violations and transgressions of international human rights law” in Venezuela, as well as the repressive acts and persecution for political reasons, the arbitrary use of force, torture and arbitrary arrests.
They also urge the administration of Nicolás Maduro to apply “fully and immediately” the recommendations that have been compiled in the different reports issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and by the Independent Mission.
Similarly, they express their “deep concern about the continuous erosion of the rule of law, lack of transparency in the process of appointing judges and prosecutors, precarious working conditions and political interference, including the recent appointment of Supreme Court justices. that they lack independence”, since, in his opinion, judicial independence persists in being undermined; Impunity and human rights violations are promoted.
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For its part, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) asked this Wednesday, October 5, the states that make up the UN not to give Venezuela the vote to be a member of the Human Rights Council, due to its history of repression by part of the administration of Nicolás Maduro.
The director for the United Nations of HRW, Louis Charbonneau, argued his request by saying that the “vengeful action” of the Venezuelan Executive does not make the country suitable to be in the aforementioned Council because if it continues there, it will undermine the credibility of the UN.
The election of new members of the United Nations Human Rights Council will take place on October 11 and Venezuela competes with Chile and Costa Rica for two places reserved for Latin American countries. In 2019, the central american nation he applied to be part of the instance but did not obtain the required support. Then Brazil and our country remained.
The Fact Finding Mission submitted on tuesday september 20 its third annual report regarding the situation in Venezuela, focusing on the chain of command and the commission of crimes against humanity committed by intelligence services such as the Bolivian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) and the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim ).
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