With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker Türk
This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of law Volker Türk is UN high commissioner for human rights The US military operation in Venezuela undermines a fundamental principle of international law, agreed after the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust: states must not use force to pursue their territorial claims or political demands. I am deeply disturbed by these events – and by some of the reactions I have seen. A narrative is emerging that seeks to justify the US military intervention as a response to the Nicolás Maduro government’s appalling human rights record. Volker Türk has been the UN high commissioner for human rights since 2022 Continue reading...
This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of law
Volker Türk is UN high commissioner for human rights
The US military operation in Venezuela undermines a fundamental principle of international law, agreed after the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust: states must not use force to pursue their territorial claims or political demands.
I am deeply disturbed by these events – and by some of the reactions I have seen. A narrative is emerging that seeks to justify the US military intervention as a response to the Nicolás Maduro government’s appalling human rights record.
Volker Türk has been the UN high commissioner for human rights since 2022