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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