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2024-04-24 00:27:00
The dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Tuesday the return to the country of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expelled in February following expressing concern regarding the arrest of the activist Rocío San Miguel.
Maduro made the announcement in the company of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khanwho is investigating Venezuela for possible crimes once morest humanity and celebrated the announcement.
In a television broadcast, Maduro said that he received a proposal from Khan to reopen the UN Human Rights office in Venezuela: ”I agree that we overcome the differences, the conflict we had and I am prepared to receive Volker’s envoy Türk, the doors of the Miraflores Palace are open.
“I am ready to receive envoy Volker Türk”he added.
Khan, who opened an ICC prosecutor’s office in Caracas on Tuesday, said he was “very grateful” to Maduro for having “expressed his commitment at my request to allow the office of the UN High Commissioner to return to Venezuela.” according to the official translation.
The high commissioner expressed ““deep concern” with the arrest in February of Rocío San Miguel, an expert on military issues, accused of terrorism for her alleged links to a plan to assassinate Maduro.
“This decision is made due to the improper role that this institution has developed, which, far from showing it as an impartial entity, “It has led it to become the private law firm of the group of coup plotters and terrorists who permanently conspire once morest the country.”the chancellor of the Venezuelan regime had stated at that time, Yvan Gil.
The suspension would remain “until they publicly rectify their colonialist, abusive and violating attitude of the United Nations Charter before the international community,” he added.
The Technical Advisory Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was installed in Venezuela in 2019, when the former president Michelle Bachelet He occupied that position.
Before leaving office, Bachelet said she saw progress on human rights in Venezuela, but there was still “a lot to do.”
His successor, Volker Turk, visited Venezuela in January 2023, when it was agreed that the Office would continue operating for two more years. During his stay he encouraged the authorities to release all those arbitrarily detained and insisted on taking measures to end torture.
The Commissioner then met with various sectors of civil society, as well as with regime authorities, and addressed complaints regarding extrajudicial executions. He also pointed out that there were restrictions on access to some detention centers in the country.
The main work of the Technical Office consists of “providing support for the effective implementation of the recommendations issued” in the reports that the high commissioner presents to the Human Rights Council. Since 2019, there have been at least six reports on the situation in Venezuela.
The UN Mission expressed its “deep concern” for the arrest in February of the human rights defender Rocío San Miguel and urged the Nicolás Maduro regime to “end the wave of repression” once morest opponents that is intensifying throughout the country.
“Venezuelan security forces detained Rocío San Miguelpresident of the organization Citizen Control, when he was trying to board a flight with his daughter at the Simón Bolívar international airport. The Attorney General accused her of participating in an attempted conspiracy once morest the president Nicolas Maduro and other senior officials, as well as being involved in attacks once morest military units and other institutions throughout the country,” the Mission detailed.
(With information from AFP)
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