UN fact-finding mission warns of continued human rights abuses in Venezuela

In an address to the UN Human Rights Council, experts warned that the ‘machinery’ of repression was ‘mutating’ under interim president, Delcy Rodriguez.

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A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded that “there are no indicators of structural reforms or change” to improve the human rights situation in Venezuela, despite the removal of its leader in January.

On Thursday, a member of the fact-finding mission, Maria Eloisa Quintero, delivered remarks (PDF) to the UN Human Rights Council questioning whether Venezuela’s leadership would face accountability for its record of human rights abuses.