Chavismo is arresting high profile activists and increasing its harassment of organized civil society, hoping to crack down on its organizational and mobilization capabilities before the presidential elections.
In the same week of Rocío San Miguel’s detention and a crushing report by the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, the government shows the door to thirteen UN officers and increases the country’s isolation and vulnerability
Maduro is buying time at The Hague by fabricating absurd claims and hiring a prestigious British human rights lawyer. But Prosecutor Khan is not releasing the pressure
The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela released its fourth comprehensive analysis on the country’s human rights situation, a detailed account on how the culture of systematic abuse changed to remain the same
More and more governments in the world are working to release Maduro from international isolation, as if nothing has happened. But the International Criminal Court is still working, and human rights continue to be under severe threat
The chavista government crafted another operation to create a parallel entity, this time one that has been crucial in the humanitarian emergency. Propaganda is just part of the problem
As a signatory of the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court, the Maduro regime is forced to allow Karim Khan’s office to provide permanent technical assistance, with a team in the field reporting to him
While attempting a narrative change over high-profile extrajudicial killings, the Maduro regime uses the Attorney General’s office to slow the ICC’s work
The new UN High Commissioner for Human RIghts came to Venezuela amid a new wave of detentions and threats to NGOs. He met the regime’s heads, NGOs and victims, and said he will continue the investigations. But he also left several unsolved questions
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