A/HRC/RES/42/25
Expressing alarm at the erosion of the rule of law in the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela,
Expressing deep concern at the range of interrelated violations of economic and social
rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, particularly the rights to adequate food and
to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including severe food,
medicines and vaccines shortages,
Expressing particular concern at the disproportionate impact of the crisis on the rights
of women and children, and in particular on girls, indigenous peoples and other vulnerable
groups,
Expressing deep concern for the more than 4 million people compelled to leave the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and also that the 2019 Venezuela Humanitarian Response
Plan identifies a population of 7 million in need because of, inter alia, violations of the rights
to food and health, violence and insecurity, the collapse of basic services, the deterioration
of the education system, lack of access to pre- and post-natal care, and insufficient
mechanisms for protection from violence and persecution on political grounds,
Welcoming the efforts of neighbouring and other countries of the region to host
Venezuelan migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and acknowledging the socioeconomic
consequences of the large-scale flow of Venezuelans into those countries,
Welcoming also the humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations and other
humanitarian agencies, and the publishing of the first Venezuela Humanitarian Response
Plan,
Acknowledging the ongoing efforts of human rights defenders, journalists, health
professionals, politicians, civil servants and other civil society stakeholders in the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela to call attention to and document violations and abuses of
international human rights law,
Welcoming the mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights from 11 to 22 March 2019 to prepare the visit of the High Commissioner to
the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from 19 to 21 June 2019, and the resulting
commitments, including with regard to the establishment of a permanent presence of the
Office of the High Commissioner in the country, and welcoming also the presence of officers
from the Office in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela between June and July 2019, and
since 1 September 2019,
Welcoming also the ongoing dialogue between the High Commissioner and the
Venezuelan authorities, and urging the Venezuelan authorities to fulfil the commitments
made with the High Commissioner, including the continued presence of the Office of the
High Commissioner in the country, allowing monitoring and cooperation throughout the
country, and granting it access to places of detention,
Noting with appreciation the work of the Organization of American States, the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for
the promotion and protection of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
Mindful that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has decided to open a
preliminary examination of the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to analyse
crimes allegedly committed in this State Party since at least April 2017, in the context of
demonstrations and related political unrest, and recalling that the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela is a State party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
Aware of the recommendation made by the High Commissioner to the Human Rights
Council in the report on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
that the Council focus on ensuring prevention, investigation, the fight against impunity,
accountability, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition of human rights violations and
abuses in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
Affirming its strong conviction that there can only be a peaceful and democratic
solution to the current crisis in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which lies with the
Venezuelans, without any sort of foreign military, security or intelligence interference, and
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