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Today the Venezuelan government officially exits the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court H.R.), one year after denouncing it. In July 2012, President Hugo Chávez decided to withdraw from the I/A Court H.R. after it...
Read MoreAt the June 4-6 meetings of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Antigua, Guatemala, ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas) countries continued to press for reforms to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
Read MoreIn a March 16 hearing the Venezuelan representative in the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Germán Saltrón, again rejected the IACHR’s petition to visit Venezuela, reiterating the criticisms the Venezuelan...
Read MorePosted by wordpress | Aug 27, 2012 | Statements
One week ago the Red de Apoyo para la Justicia y la Paz (Justice and Peace Support Network) published a statement on its webpage criticizing the Chávez government’s decision to withdraw from the Inter-American Court of Human...
Read MorePosted by wordpress | Aug 3, 2012 | Joint Statement, Statements
This week the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) put out a statement (signed by 44 organizations, including WOLA) criticizing Venezuela’s decision to withdraw from the Interamerican Human Rights Court (I/A Court...
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