DW | UN report: Venezuela committing crimes against humanity to crush opposition, 21 Sep

In an effort to quash political opposition in the beleaguered Latin American country.

Complied by the UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the report outlines the extensive use of arbitrary arrest and torture in Venezuela since 2014.

Findings were based on interviews with 471 victims, their families and their legal representatives, as well as another 50 individuals who worked for Venezuela's General Office of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), and other government entities.
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Maduro personally involved in abuses

The report clearly condemns President Maduro's hands-on role in the well-organized system designed to crush dissent. It also rebukes Venezuelan authorities for failing to hold abusers accountable.

"The Venezuelan authorities have failed to hold perpetrators to account and provide reparations to victims in a context where judicial reforms announced from 2021 have failed to address the justice system's lack of independence and impartiality," the UN mission said.
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Tuesday's report was the third published on Venezuela to date. The mission is scheduled to share its findings with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the coming weeks.

OHCHR | Biographies of the members of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICC alum + 2
• Marta Valiñas (Portugal)
• Francisco Cox Vial (Chile)
• Patricia Tappatá Valdez (Argentina)
• Paul Seils (United Kingdom)
Hearts on Venezuela | Statement by Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, at the 49th session of the Human Rights Council, 28 Mar 2022
CRS | Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations, 28 Apr 2021
OAS | FACT SHEET: OAS General Secretariat2 Dec 2020