Venezuela: High Commissioner Bachelet must recommend the creation of a Commission of Inquiry to the Human Rights Council

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, visited Venezuela between 19 and 21 June 2019. During her visit, she met victims of human rights violations and their relatives, civil society organizations and prominent politicians. At a press conference held at the end of her visit, Michelle Bachelet said she had made several agreements with the government of Nicolás Maduro, including the establishment in the country of a permanent two-person team from her office to provide technical assistance and advice and to continue to monitor the grave human rights situation.

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