Venezuela: Decisive action by UN Human Rights Council supports victims and signals at perpetrators that the world is watching them

By Amnesty International

Today, the UN Human Rights Council took a decisive step to address the spiraling human rights crisis in Venezuela. The global human rights body adopted a resolution renewing, for a period of two years, the mandate of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela (FFM), in addition to the mandate of the Office of the High […] The post Venezuela: Decisive action by UN Human Rights Council supports victims and signals at perpetrators that the world is watching them appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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