Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, said she paid a “crucial” visit to Venezuela, adding that a team of human rights officers would be deployed in the country to provide assistance and monitor the human rights situation in Venezuela.
“We have reached an agreement with the Government for a small team of human rights officers to be based here, with the mandate to provide technical assistance and advice, as well as – importantly – to continue to monitor the human rights situation in Venezuela,” Bachelet told reporters late on Friday, as quoted in a press released by her office, on the results of her visit to Venezuela.
Bachelet also expressed concern over the acute healthcare crisis caused by a shortage of medicine and equipment, as well as an exodus of professionals and fall in other required supplies.
The UN high commissioner noted she had met with victims of human rights abuse, both by the opposition and the authorities, saying they needed redress regardless of who the perpetrators of the human rights violations were.
UN human rights team to be based in Venezuela to monitor situation – Bachelet
