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"Mr President, I am very worried about Venezuela’s repeated threats to withdraw from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Chávez has done much to promote the rights of the indigenous peoples. He should now also take responsibility for his country’s development in the area of the human rights of others. The situation is especially serious because human rights in Venezuela are at the very least fragile with regard to certain issues. Problems have included restrictions on freedom of expression, attacks against journalists and dissidents, the harassment of human rights defenders, poor prison conditions, and the absence of an independent legal system.
Now the Venezuelan President has sent a clear message that he does not intend to commit his country to human rights obligations. In addition, he has urged other countries to break away from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to establish separate regional bodies. This is an alarming move, because this human rights system has specifically promoted the cause of democracy and the rule of law in many countries."@en1
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