On Friday, October 11, the Human Rights Council, with 23 votes in favor, renewed for two years the mandates of the Fact-Finding Mission and the…
Two weeks after the expulsion of the OHCHR staff from Caracas, the question of what the State’s new relationship with this body will be like,…
A few days after the arrest-disappearance of human rights defender Rocío San Miguel, the Maduro government added the word “disappeared” to the list of terms…
In the Venezuelan non-governmental sphere, a new term has been resonating with concern that would shape the kind of relationship of the United Nations system…
This Wednesday, July 5, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Volker Turk, presented a report on Venezuela to the Human Rights Council.…
Image from Efecto Cocuyo On May 30, 2023, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued its Concluding Observations on the ninth…
In the framework of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, there will be two moments of debate on Venezuela. On March 21,…
Comparisons are hateful, but sometimes unavoidable. Unlike the visit of the previous High Commissioner Bachelet, Turk’s visit was marked by secrecy and brevity; not only…
Venezuela’s lack of cooperation with the international human rights system is a constant that dates back long before the installation on the ground of the…
The most recent report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (FFMV) makes severe assertions about the responsibility of the…