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This Thursday, 53 countries denounced the abuses and violations of fundamental rights committed in Venezuela at the UN Human Rights Council when the country headed by Nicolás Maduro was opposed to his debate.
Twelve American countries plus the European Union signed the declaration denouncing the serious humanitarian situation suffered by Venezuela and the serious violations recorded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The document was signed by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Peru; the 28 member countries of the European Union; 8 European citizens not members of the EU; "We are very concerned by the report of the Office of the High Commissioner detailing extrajudicial executions, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests, torture and ill-treatment, and lack of access to justice." "We are also very concerned about the serious consequences of the economic and social crisis for the rights to food and health. "The text was read by a Peruvian representative who was interrupted twice by his Venezuelan counterpart, who asked that the reading be suspended by arguing bureaucratic aspects of the relevance of shining a country in an agenda that does not correspond
The Venezuelan position was supported by two interventions by Cuba, Bolivia and Egypt which denounced
Peru replied that item 10 of the agenda – which provided the framework for the intervention – made it possible to speak of countries where there was a presumption of serious violations of human rights and they therefore needed the Council's technical badistance. [19659002] The declaration specifically asks Venezuela to open its doors to humanitarian aid and to cooperate with the mechanisms of the High Commission
This position has been publicly supported by the United Kingdom and Mexico who recalled "the serious situation of human rights violations" in Venezuela.
The President of the Council, Slovenian Vojislav Suc, was in charge of solving the problem and gave reason to Peru, saying that question 10 allowed the possibility of referring to specific countries if it was believed that abuse had been committed against them.
The Peruvian representative continued again interrupted by the Venezuelan diplomat who, this time, reported that he was quoted in the High Commissioner's report speech, which he defined as "illegal, arbitrary, without mandate and without foundation ".
He called the members of the Council to "double standards" and set "a precedent of enormous gravity".
In his second remote report – the authorities deny him access to the country – on the situation of fundamental freedoms in Venezuela, the High Commissioner denounces hundreds of killings, alleged summary executions, excessive use of force against protesters, torture and arbitrary arrests by security forces.
Given the serious and systematic abuses committed in Venezuela and the widespread impunity in most of these violations, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, called for greater involvement of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Writing NTN24 Venezuela / Collaboration EFE
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