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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