Ammesty International blasts Venezuela for abandoning human rights instrument

[Bacchus4.0]

Venezuela must immediately reverse its decision to withdraw from the American Convention on Human Rights and make a commitment to truly protect all individuals, Amnesty International said on Monday. The Venezuelan government’s decision will take effect on Tuesday 10 September. The withdrawal will leave Venezuelan citizens without the protection of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.


“This decision is an insult to the victims of human rights violations and places future generations of Venezuelans at risk. What’s more, it goes against Venezuela’s constitution, which guarantees access to international bodies to seek protection of their human rights,” said Guadalupe Marengo, Deputy Director of the Americas Program at Amnesty International.

“The Venezuelan government’s attitude is highly contradictory. On the one hand it is promoting universal ratification of the American Convention on Human Rights and urging other countries to ratify this instrument while, on the other, it is withdrawing from it and denying its inhabitants access to the protection of one of its bodies.”

The regional and international human rights protection systems were set up to provide everyone with an external body that they could turn to if they were unable to obtain justice and reparation for human rights violations within their own countries.

http://en.mercopress.com/2013/09/10/ammesty-international-blasts-venezuela-for-abandoning-human-rights-instrument

[MADem]

1. The Venezuelan government’s attitude is highly contradictory....of course it is!!!

The government is headed by a guy who can't tell the Cuban flag from the Puerto Rican one!!

[Bacchus4.0]

2. lets not make assumptions, there is the possibility he is color blind, or a color blind idiot,

and not just an idiot.

[MADem]

3. Yes, I think your second guess is entirely within the realm of possibility! nt

[Bacchus4.0]

6. its likely he is just an idiot n/t

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[MADem]

7. I'm afraid that is a strong possibility, as well.

The place has turned into a hellhole soap opera thriller horror movie---written by a nitwit....

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/world/americas/in-venezuela-surrounded-by-dark-plots-real-or-not.html?_r=0

CARACAS, Venezuela — When a sweeping power failure left more than half the country without electricity last week, President Nicolás Maduro wasted no time issuing a verdict. Despite a strained power grid that has gone lacking in basic upkeep for years, he assured Venezuelans that there could be only one cause: sabotage.

Then on Monday, when officials released a long-awaited report on the explosion at the national oil company’s enormous Amuay refinery, which killed more than 40 people last year, the conclusion surprised no one: sabotage again.

Accusing unseen conspirators of subjecting the nation to a variety of ills is an art form in Venezuela, honed during the 14-year presidency of Hugo Chávez, who died in March.

But ever since Mr. Maduro was elected by a narrow margin in April to replace Mr. Chávez, his mentor, he has cranked the discourse of conspiracy to an ever higher pitch, darkly warning of plots that seem to lurk around nearly every corner, aimed at killing him, destroying the economy or wrecking Mr. Chávez’s socialist-inspired revolution.

Few people are ever arrested and none have been convicted of any of the schemes Mr. Maduro has warned of in recent months.....

He's like the Moron Who Cried Wolf....eventually people are going to tire of his bullshit. He can't keep shutting people up by waving a pic of Hugo at them!

[Socialistlemur]

4. There is no contradiction

The Maduro regime has a duality. Maybe even a triple or cuadruple personality disorder. Under this scenario, it's possible to advocate human rights elsewhere while abusing human rights at home. Lets face it, this attitude is very common. After all isn't president Obama wearing his Nobel Peace prize while advocating another bombing?

[Bacchus4.0]

5. The Venezuelan government is saying the State will take on the functions

of the Interamerican Civil Rights Commission.

Obama did not ask for or deserve that Peace Prize and he is screwing up politically on Syria. I guess as long as no bombs fall though its not so bad.