A/HRC/RES/57/36 1. Strongly condemns all violations and abuses of international human rights law in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, some of which, according to the independent international fact-finding mission, may amount to crimes against humanity; 2. Urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to implement fully and immediately the recommendations contained in the recent reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and of the independent international fact-finding mission and to investigate all violations and abuses of human rights and hold those responsible to account; 3. Also urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to respect, protect and fulfil the right of citizens to take part in the conduct of public affairs and the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to cease its ongoing nationwide targeted repression and persecution on political grounds, including through the excessive use of force, arbitrary detention, including of children and adolescents, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, extrajudicial execution and enforced disappearance by the security and intelligence forces, intervention in the autonomy and composition of political parties, disqualification of opposition candidates from electoral processes and other restrictions to civic and democratic space; 4. Calls upon the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to cease immediately all acts of intimidation, attacks, harassment, surveillance, reprisals and public defamation of opposition leaders, peaceful protesters, journalists and other media workers, lawyers, human rights defenders, persons who served in the electoral process, including as electoral observers, Indigenous Peoples and other civil society stakeholders, and in this regard also calls upon the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to put an end to undue closures of media outlets and to violations of human rights online, including through the blocking and shutting down of websites and digital platforms; 5. Calls upon all stakeholders and political and social actors to abstain from resorting to acts of violence and repression that might jeopardize the peaceful settlement of the Venezuelan crisis; 6. Urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained persons, including political prisoners, prioritizing those in vulnerable situations and those who remain in pretrial detention beyond the limits set out in national law, while ensuring guarantees of non-repetition, and also urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to improve conditions of detention and to uphold due process and fair trial guarantees for all detainees, including communication with counsel of their own choosing; 7. Also urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to adopt appropriate measures to address reported human rights violations and abuses, such as acts of violence and harassment, including sexual and gender-based violence, against women and girls in detention; 8. Calls upon the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to ensure that criminal legislation, particularly counter-terrorism legislation, and its application fully comply with international human rights law; 9. Denounces the adoption of legislation that restricts the right of citizens to take part in the conduct of public affairs and the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and calls upon the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to refrain from adopting legislation that would further restrict these human rights; 10. Expresses deep concern that the continued erosion of the rule of law, the insecurity of tenure, the lack of transparency in the process of designating judges and prosecutors, the precarious working conditions and political interference, including the appointment of Supreme Court justices who lack independence, continue to undermine the independence of the justice system, contribute to impunity and the persistence of human rights violations and abuses, have an impact on access to justice for victims and hinder the holding of free and fair elections; 3