A/HRC/30/29
6.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
7.
The case of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni Mora has been raised in each of my previous
reports since 2010 (A/HRC/14/19, para. 45-47, A/HRC/18/19, para. 87-90, A/HRC/21/28,
para. 68-69, A/HRC/24/29, para. 46-48 and A/HRC/27/38, para. 46). The Working Group on
Arbitrary Detention in its latest report again expressed its concern over the continued detention
under house arrest of Ms. Afiuni, which it considers as a measure of reprisal against her for
ordering the conditional release of Mr. Eligio Cedeño after the WGAD in Opinion No. 10/2009
had considered his detention arbitrary (A/HRC/30/36, para. 38). The Working Group reiterated
its call on the Government of Venezuela to release Ms. Afiuni and to provide her with effective
and adequate reparations (ibid.). In its concluding observations on the combined third and fourth
periodic reports of Venezuela, CAT regretted that no investigation had so far been opened on the
case of Judge Afiuni and stated that the Government should without delay conduct a thorough
and impartial investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment, including sexual
assault, of Ms. Afiuni during her detention (CAT/C/VEN/CO/3-4, para. 16).
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