Monday, August 6th 2012 - 08:20 UTC

Venezuela will abandon the Inter American justice system because it is “awful and rotten”

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez reiterated that organisms such as the “awful, rotten and degenerate” Human Rights Inter American Court (CIDH) and the Inter American Court should disappear since they are “not worthy of the new world” ratifying his country will pull out from the two.

Chavez says the court is out of touch with “the new emerging world”

“These organisms must disappear, they have to disappear because they are not worthy of the new world that is emerging” added Chavez insisting that Venezuela will no longer belong to the two organizations.

Last 30 April Chavez announced that Venezuela would abandon the Human rights Inter American court and on 24 July said that likewise Caracas would leave the Inter American Court following a ruling in favour of an individual who fled from Venezuela where he faces terrorism charges.

“It certainly is not one of the important institutions; who cares about this court: it’s a complete aberration” he emphasized.

The Venezuelan opposition strongly condemned Chavez decision to abandon the inter American justice system since this “will deprive all Venezuelans, particularly those most needy and ignored by the justice system, their right to be protected in international instances”.

According to CIDH the custody of Raul Diaz accused of terrorism was arbitrary, too long and with no appeal resource.

However the court acknowledged some arguments presented by the Venezuelan government regarding the domestic instances of the trial such as Mr. Diaz custody and duration of the process, and there was even a dissenting vote from one of the magistrates in the court.

Nevertheless the Court sentenced the State of Venezuela for the violation of Mr. Diaz’ right to physical integrity Diaz because of the conditions of imprisonments and the deterioration of his health.

But not only in Venezuela have there been calls for caution: outside organizations have called on the Venezuelan government to reconsider its decision to abandon the Inter American justice system.

 

Published in: Politics, Latin America.
Tags: Hugo Chávez, Human Rights Inter American Court (CIDH), Venezuela.

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1 LEPRecon (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 11:12 am Report abuse
This headline should read: Venezula Abandons All Pretense of Honouring Human Rights and Human Rights Laws.

Democracy is fast becoming a thing of the past in Venezula. Already it's considered illegal to critise the government, how long before secret police start 'detaining' people without charge or trial, or indeed before they start 'disappearing' people all together?
2 Alexei (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 12:09 pm Report abuse
Surely then Venezuela should abandon Chavez, what with him being awful and rotten too.
3 cornishair (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 01:00 pm Report abuse
1 & 2. Let the backslide of south america continue, who would of thought in the 21century some countries would want to embrace the ideas of Marxism–Leninism. Did they not learn anything form the past!.

I wonder what BK will say about this? “i have pride in hugo, showing bourgeois democracies how to stand up for the workers”.
4 malicious bloke (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 02:24 pm Report abuse
Just putting into words what we all knew anyway. Human rights are just something that get in the way of what most LatAm leaders have planned for their countries.

Here's to another century of south america remaining a squalid backwater!
5 Guzz (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 02:29 pm Report abuse
Problem with your human watch is that your goverments treats the rest of the “3rd world” as animals, you guys being the only one with rights...
6 rylang23 (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 02:53 pm Report abuse
If I changed the statements above by replacing the word Venezuela or LatAM Leaders with USA, all of the comments make perfect sense. Try it... it works beautifully.

Guzz.... you are always above the fray with your comments. Keep it up.
7 Conqueror (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 03:24 pm Report abuse
@5 Are you not pleased to be correctly identified? Perhaps, in time, you can be trained. The cattle prods. The whips. The thumbscrews. Can you suggest anything you wouldn't like?
@6 Why change anything? Or does the truth hurt? As for “Guzz”. A perfect replacement for a sewage works. Something that turns ordinary “sewage” into a different class of “sewage”. “Sh*tty sewage” perhaps? “Diarrhoea sewage”? “Dead sewage”? “Necrophiliac sewage”?
8 PirateLove (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 03:48 pm Report abuse
Pulling out of the Inter American Human courts, that does not bode very well with human rights, I wonder how long it will be before Argentina follows suit closely followed by a joint invasion of Falklands as for them it would be legal its not as if either recognize The falklanders as a people with rights, is it?
I thought this F*cker was dead or dying ,hurry it up we havent got all day...actually WE have.......
9 Conqueror (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 04:08 pm Report abuse
@8 Are there any “human rights” in LatAm? I'm not fond of the “European” idea of “human rights”. You're a murderer, a rapist, a paedophile, an illegal immigrant (a South American), but we can't deport you because of your human right to a “family life” with a girlfriend you live 100 miles away from, a child you've never seen, a cat/mouse/rat/earthworm/louse/flea/tapeworm. But, if you're in South America, you should have a legal right to kill Chavez or, at least, stamp on his balls with spiked running shoes?
10 PirateLove (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 04:30 pm Report abuse
europe and south american human rights are two ends of the spectrum, one extreme to the other, Human rights should only apply to those who believe and practise such and not for those who violate or ignore the human rights of another.
11 Venezuelan Clown (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 05:12 pm Report abuse
@5 Gizz,
Every democratic government on the continent has criticised me on this matter.

You see I am like Gaddafi. One day I look north to the developed world, the next I look south to my own continent. Like Gaddafi you will learn that I am totally unreliable and self-serving. Grandstanding and bandstanding, spewing oil over the Orinoco and petro dollars over my corruptible Bolivarian brothers as my tentacles of crookedness reach down to the river plate, fomenting crime, criminality and the Venezuelization of your tinpot Repulic.

Long live the Bolivarian Revolution!
12 Guzz (#) Aug 06th, 2012 - 09:00 pm Report abuse
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And who are you, Venezuelan Shakira?
13 Frank (#) Aug 07th, 2012 - 03:15 am Report abuse
Lugo seems to have some time for the IAC....
14 British_Kirchnerist (#) Aug 09th, 2012 - 01:09 am Report abuse
#3 “I wonder what BK will say about this? “i have pride in hugo, showing bourgeois democracies how to stand up for the workers””

Thats certainly the bigger picture =) As for this court I don't know if its rotten, we might get a better idea of that when we see how it handles Lugo's case

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