Strengthening Cooperation and Technical Assistance in the Field of Human Rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

A/HRC/RES/45/2View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, published in 2020.

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2 versions · 2019–2020

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/45/2	Strengthening cooperation and technical assistance in the field of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	2,055	36%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/42/4	Strengthening cooperation and technical assistance in the field of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	1,168	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Financing Human Rights Humanitarian Assistance Sanctions Technical Cooperation Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of)

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16 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the most recent reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, covering the period from June 2019 to May 2020,² and of other reports by the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations treaty bodies;

²A/HRC/44/20 and A/HRC/44/54.

Calls upon the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to implement the recommendations contained in the reports of the High Commissioner submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first and forty-fourth sessions;³

³A/HRC/41/18 and A/HRC/44/20.

Welcomes the establishment of a permanent presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the terms established in the memorandum of understanding signed on 20 September 2019 and renewed on 14 September 2020, including the unlimited access granted by the Government to all regions and detention centres and the strengthening of the judicial system and institutional mechanisms for the protection of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;

Calls upon the Venezuelan authorities to cooperate with the special procedures and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council in the fulfilment of their respective mandates, to extend an invitation to mandate holders, as agreed upon with the Office of the High Commissioner, and to ensure that all individuals can communicate with the United Nations without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack;

Encourages the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to extend an invitation to a third special procedure mandate holder in 2020 in order to comply with the calendar of 10 visits in two years committed to during the visit in June 2019 of the High Commissioner;

Notes the efforts of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to implement the recommendations accepted during the second cycle of the universal periodic review and encourages the State to continue to collaborate with the mechanism;

Recalls the United Nations humanitarian response plan for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela launched in August 2019, and encourages the granting of a United Nations-led response, in agreement with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to the humanitarian situation, including by allowing access for humanitarian actors, facilitating the entry of the World Food Programme and ensuring the protection of humanitarian workers, and calls upon the international community, States and United Nations agencies to support this important initiative, as the humanitarian situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela remains one of the least funded in the world;

Acknowledges the progress made in, as well as the challenges and obstacles remaining to, realizing human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, calls upon the Government to fulfil its obligations in accordance with international human rights law and to fully cooperate with and to continue its commitment to the Office of the High Commissioner, the special procedures and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, and calls upon States and international organizations to support the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in this regard;

Notes the call by the High Commissioner to lift economic sanctions to facilitate the allocation of resources during the pandemic, and urges States to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations;

Urges the Venezuelan authorities to take all measures necessary to guarantee the full enjoyment of social and economic rights, including but not limited to the right to food, water and the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to essential medicines and health services, without discrimination of any kind;

Calls upon the Venezuelan authorities to ensure the democratic and civic space in the country by respecting, protecting and fulfilling civil and political rights, including the freedoms of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, especially in the run-up to the elections, to ensure full accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations and to guarantee justice for victims;

Also calls upon the Venezuelan authorities to continue to release all persons alleged to be illegally or arbitrarily deprived of liberty, in accordance with Venezuelan Constitutional law and international standards;

Encourages both the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the opposition to make progress down the path of genuine political dialogue with the aim of reaching a peaceful, democratic and constitutional solution that will lead to full respect for and the protection and fulfilment of human rights in the country;

Requests the High Commissioner to continue to provide the technical cooperation and support necessary to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to fulfil its human rights obligations and commitments, including by strengthening the justice system and the national protection mechanisms;

Also requests the High Commissioner to continue to engage with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in addressing the situation of human rights in the country and providing substantive capacity-building and technical assistance, and to present to the Human Rights Council, at its forty-sixth session, an oral update on the situation of human rights in the country, especially on the implementation of the recommendations included in her report,⁴ and a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to be presented at the Council at its forty-eighth session;

⁴A/HRC/44/20.

Requests that the Office of the High Commissioner be provided, in Geneva and in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with the resources necessary to fulfil the mandate in line with the renewed letter of understanding signed on 14 September 2020.

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