Yván Gil, who has been in Switzerland since Monday, February 27, spoke with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and with other heads of organizations such as the Red Cross or the IOM in the framework of the start of 52 th period of sessions of the Human Rights Council
The Minister of Foreign Relations, Yván Gil, took advantage of this Tuesday, February 28, the right to speak granted at the beginning of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council that is being held in Geneva to reject the “politicization” and ” double standards” that he assures want to be implemented in that instance.
Gil, in a speech that lasted approximately nine minutes, referred to actions that have been taken by the Council such as the actions of the working group on arbitrary detentions, which in his opinion are irregular because “they constantly violate international law and its mandate to politically attack Venezuela.”
He stated that these types of organizations bring “serious financial repercussions” to the country which, in turn, violate the two-year technical assistance that was signed in January with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, chaired by Volker Türk.
He denounced that many countries use the issue of defending human rights to commit more atrocities against citizens, while he took the opportunity to describe as a violation of this principle the current situation of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, imprisoned in the United States on alleged charges of money laundering, saying it also violates the Vienna Convention.
He also said that the sanctions imposed by other countries on Venezuela have tried, without success, to hit the national economy and promote a change in the country’s administration, since he asserted that the administration of Nicolás Maduro achieved positive numbers in 2022 in economic and social matters. .
The day before his speech, Yván Gil held a meeting on Monday, February 27 in Geneva with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in the framework of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council.
Through his Twitter account, Gil ratified the commitment of the Nicolás Maduro administration “to work to strengthen our social State of law and justice”, always attached to what is the defense of the fundamental rights of the Venezuelan population.
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Meeting with @volker_turkUN High Commissioner for Human Rights, we ratify the commitment of the Bolivarian Government, and of Pdte. @NicolasMaduro to work to strengthen our social State of law and justice, attached to the defense of the fundamental rights of Venezuelans pic.twitter.com/cjbGrw8dul
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) February 27, 2023
Gil, who traveled to Geneva to speak at the start of the 2023 UN Human Rights Council session, also held a meeting with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, with whom monitored and evaluated bilateral issues; and with the director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Antonio Victorino, committing to find a way to work together and without being politicized by migrants.
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In a constructive dialogue, we held a meeting with Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating bilateral cooperation issues, and a review of the challenges in terms of assistance pic.twitter.com/mKz0gD1oKV
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) February 27, 2023
In a cordial meeting with Mr. Antonio Victorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), we promised to work seriously and non-politicized in cooperation and mutual benefit between our country and that institution. pic.twitter.com/H1iMVTzDp5
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) February 27, 2023
The Human Rights Council has no fewer than three regular sessions per year, for a total of at least 10 weeks. It will take place in March (four weeks), June (3 weeks) and September (three weeks).
If a third of the Member States request it, the Human Rights Council can decide at any time to hold a special session, and address violations of Human Rights and emergencies.
On October 7, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council approvedwith 19 votes in favor and five against, extend the mandate for two more years of the Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, which is in charge of investigating serious violations committed in the country since at least 2014.
Gil’s presence in the Human Rights Council occurs in a context where the Maduro administration is being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the alleged commission of crimes against humanity in Venezuela for at least nine years.
The Section for Victim Participation and Reparations (VPRS, for its acronym in English) reported that, between January 13 and February 14, 2023, they have received the testimonies of 441 people and 47 families about the serious human rights violations they have suffered in Venezuela, for what they request to the Preliminary Questions Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow the investigation of alleged crimes against humanity to continue.
With additional information from VTV
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