A/HRC/RES/42/25 Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; 22. Requests the High Commissioner to continue to monitor and report on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including through the presentation of an oral update to the Human Rights Council at its forty-third and forty-fifth sessions, and to prepare a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with a special focus on the independence of the justice system and access to justice, including for violations of economic and social rights and the situation of human rights in the Arco Minero del Orinoco region, and to present the report to the Council at its forty-fourth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue; 23. Invites the High Commissioner to present an oral update to States Members and observers of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through the modalities of the Council, in accordance with Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, before the end of 2019; 24. Decides to establish, for a period of one year, an independent international factfinding mission, to be appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council, and to dispatch that mission urgently to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to investigate extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment since 2014 with a view to ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims, and requests the mission to present a report on its findings to the Council during an interactive dialogue at its forty-fifth session; 25. Urges the Venezuelan authorities to cooperate fully with the fact-finding mission, to grant it immediate, full and unfettered access to and throughout the country, including to victims and places of detention, and to provide it with all the information necessary to fulfil its mandate; 26. Requests the immediate operationalization of the fact-finding mission and also requests that the Office of the High Commissioner be provided with all the resources necessary to fulfil the mandate; 27. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter and to consider further measures, including the establishment of a commission of inquiry if the situation continues to deteriorate and/or the Venezuelan authorities do not meaningfully cooperate with the Office of the High Commissioner; 28. Urges the Venezuelan authorities to engage with the United Nations human rights system, in particular by submitting overdue reports to the treaty bodies and by cooperating with the Office of the High Commissioner and the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, including by the full and timely implementation of all commitments made during the visit of the High Commissioner, in particular to allow the Office of the High Commissioner to maintain a presence in country, and to allow its staff, both in the field and headquarters-based, full, unrestricted and unmonitored access, and to ensure that all individuals have unhindered access to and can communicate with the United Nations and other human rights entities without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack; 29. Encourages the strengthening of cooperation between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms in order to monitor the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; 30. Calls upon the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to cooperate fully with all relevant regional mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights and to grant free, full and unfettered access to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 40th meeting 27 September 2019 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 19 to 7, with 21 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5