Legal Requirement on Venezuelan Civic-military Dictatorship

CASE 27-2017: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

Legal Requirement on Venezuelan Civic-military Dictatorship

February 15, 2018

The International Buddhist Ethics Committee is formally requiring the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to support all legal presentations that have been made to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the civil-military dictatorship of Maduro in Venezuela for crimes against humanity, especially considering the ruling of the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights.

This requirement implies that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) should demand the International Criminal Court (ICC) to fully investigate Venezuela for violations of human rights, which is a conclusion consistent with the reports of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), where it is confirmed that the situation in Venezuela is alarming, very serious and catastrophic, given the continuous cases of political prisoners, torture, censorship, lack of supplies and lack of medicines that lead to the weakening of democracy and human rights. As shown by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Venezuela is suffering from cancer of high levels of corruption, the existence of a pattern of reprisals against political opponents, severe restrictions on freedom of expression, increased violence and criminality, widespread lack of food and medicine, and child malnutrition. This has led to the worst refugee crisis in the history of the entire American continent, since millions of Venezuelans are fleeing to the neighboring country of Colombia.

The International Buddhist Ethics Committee confirms that it is totally superficial and ineffective for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to request the intervention of the Organization of American States (OAS), especially taking into account the fact that Venezuela has announced its formal withdrawal as a member. Therefore, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is required to act at an international scale, especially before the International Criminal Court (ICC), taking advantage of the fact that Venezuela is a signatory of the Rome Statute, so it could be perfectly investigated and judged before the ICC for crimes against humanity.

The International Buddhist Ethics Committee confirms that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), because it has millions of economic, political and legal resources, cannot and should not limit itself to merely presenting detailed reports on the Venezuelan crisis, since such function is characteristic of non-governmental organizations. As an intergovernmental organization, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has too much power at its disposal in order to confront and try to resolve the Venezuelan crisis with courage and with Sense of Purpose. To urgently resolve the crisis in Venezuela through peace, democracy and international justice, all that is needed is the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to act Mindfully, with Compassionate Wisdom and Humanitarian Ethics.

Always with spirit of reconciliation (maitri),

Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President and Judge of the International Buddhist Ethics Committee