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At the Human Rights Council, UN experts, civil society and the majority of participating States delivered a key message to the Venezuelan government: stop all repression, enable the work of human rights defenders and respect human rights.
Experts from the UN and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have joined forces to urge Venezuela to determine the fate and whereabouts of victims of enforced disappearance and put an end to the abhorrent practice of enforced disappearance.
Espacio Público announced today that Carlos Correa had been indeed arrested and has now been released from detention.
NGOs from across Venezuela and beyond call for the release of the Executive Director of Espacio Público, Carlos Correa, arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared by individuals believed to be connected with State security forces.
Ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration, ISHR joins other international organisations calling for the end of repression and the respect of popular sovereignty in Venezuela.
Stolen Presidential elections, the use of deeply repressive tactics by State agents against real and perceived opponents, and the recent return of OHCHR to Caracas informed today’s dialogue on Venezuela between the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Council.
Led by a group of Latin American States and Canada, the United Nations Human Rights Council today extended the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission (the Mission, or FFM) for Venezuela for two years, the mechanism’s third renewal since its creation in 2019.
The UN’s Fact-Finding Mission left the Human Rights Council in no doubt: The repression following the presidential elections in July was planned and an extension of an existing policy to induce fear in and silence the opposition.
With international accountability urgently needed, and amid intensifying post-election repression, the UN Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 29 national and international organisations defending human rights in Venezuela said today.
Pressure is increasing on the Venezuelan authorities as human rights bodies and States in the region and beyond denounce repression and call for respect of rights. At the upcoming Human Rights Council session, the push for the respect of rights must continue with the renewal of key mandates.
ISHR joins calls for all violence and repression against protestors at the hands of law enforcement and armed 'colectivos' to cease and for the Maduro government to take urgent steps to ensure the right to protest.
Given the lack of transparency around the Presidential election in Venezuela, NGOs call on the international community to insist on independent verification of electoral results.
