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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.
In their common press release, members of the UN’s Working Group on enforced or involuntary Disappearances and of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) note an increased use of forced disappearance to silence members of the opposition, or those perceived as such, as well as pro-democracy activists and human rights defenders.
During the Human Rights Council session, two specific agenda items focus on Venezuela: the interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela (18 March) and the oral update with the High Commissioner on Human Rights, followed by a General Debate (20 March).
ISHR calls on States to use these opportunities to call on Venezuela to stop all enforced disappearances and bring the State-led repression against the Venezuelan people to an end.
Read the full press release here.
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