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2010/2767(RSP) Resolution on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni

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2010/07/08

EP - Results of vote in Parliament

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Results of vote in Parliament

2010/07/08

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Debate in Parliament

2010/07/08

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Details

The European Parliament adopted by 46 to 20 with 1 abstention a resolution on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni.

The resolution had been tabled by the EFD, EPP, ALDE and ECR groups. It recalls that on 10 December 2009, Maria Lourdes Afiuni, 'Judge of Control' of Caracas, acting under Venezuelan laws and following an opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, granted parole (under severe restrictions, including passport withdrawal) to Eligio Cedeño, who had been in pre-trial detention since February 2007. She was immediately arrested without charge at the court by officials of the DISIP (Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention) and was transferred on 12 December to the INOF (Instituto Nacional de Orientación Femenina). Parliament deplores the attacks on the independence of the judiciary, and voices its concern at the arrest of Judge Afiuni, considering it a violation of her basic personal rights and a very serious threat to the independence of the judiciary, which is the basic pillar of the rule of law. Members call for her release and call on the Venezuelan Government to be committed to the values of the rule of law, facilitating a fair and rapid trial, with all the necessary legal guarantees.

Parliament also expresses its concern at the conditions of detention of Judge Afiuni, noting that she is held in a maximum security prison, under conditions which continue to endanger her physical and mental well-being as up to 24 inmates were convicted by her for crimes such as homicide, drug trafficking and kidnapping, and that during her detention, she has been subjected to insults, threats, verbal and physical attacks and attempts on her life. These conditions pose a threat to her physical and psychological integrity, and Parliament calls on the prison authorities strictly and immediately to apply the measures and recommendations advocated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on 11 January 2010 regarding Ms Afiuni's conditions of detention.

Members recall that President Hugo Chávez, in a speech broadcast on TV, called her a bandit, and they condemns the public statements made by the President of the Republic of Venezuela, insulting and denigrating the judge, demanding a maximum sentence and requesting a modification of the law to enable a more severe penalty to be imposed. These statements are aggravating the circumstances of her detention and constitute an attack on the independence of the judiciary by the President of a nation, who should be its first guarantor. Parliament reminds the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of its obligation to respect freedom of expression and opinion and freedom of the press and to respect the independence of the judiciary as it is bound to do under its own Constitution and under the different international and regional conventions and charters to which Venezuela is a signatory. It believes that the Venezuelan media should guarantee pluralistic coverage of Venezuelan political and social life.

Parliament notes that, with a view to the parliamentary elections due to be held on 26 September, the National Electoral Council has, at the request of the government, modified the constituency boundaries for the election of the 167 Members of the National Assembly, changes that affect up to 80% of the states governed by the opposition. It calls on the Venezuelan Government to respect the rules of democracy and the principles of freedom of expression, assembly, association and election, as well as to invite the European Union and international bodies to observe these elections.

Lastly, Parliament note measures such as arbitrary confiscation and expropriation, involving more than 760 enterprises since 2005, some of them affecting EU interests, and it calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to make representations to the Venezuelan authorities with a view to expressing the EU's concern regarding respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in this South American country and to firmly upholding the interests and property of citizens and companies from EU Member States.

Documents

T7-0289/2010

2010/07/08

EP - End of procedure in Parliament

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

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B7-0414/2010

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

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B7-0417/2010

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

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B7-0418/2010

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

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B7-0435/2010

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

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B7-0436/2010

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

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B7-0437/2010

2010/07/06

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B7-0438/2010

2010/07/06

Joint motion for resolution

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RC-B7-0414/2010

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Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Decision by Parliament: T7-0289/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0414/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0417/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0418/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0435/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0436/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0437/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0438/2010
Joint motion for resolution: RC-B7-0414/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0414/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0417/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0418/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0435/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0436/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0437/2010
Motion for a resolution: B7-0438/2010
Joint motion for resolution: RC-B7-0414/2010

Activities

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Diana WALLIS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Véronique DE KEYSER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Joe HIGGINS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Eija-Riitta KORHOLA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Monica MACOVEI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Bernd POSSELT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Cristian Dan PREDA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Bogusław SONIK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
Renate WEBER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni

Votes

RC-B7-0414/2010 - Venezuela - RÉSOLUTION #

2010/07/08 Outcome: +: 46, -: 20, 0: 1

		DE	PL	RO	SK	ES	FR	GB	AT	FI	NL	CY	BE	PT	SE	IT	SI	CZ	BG
	Total	10	10	10	6	6	5	4	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
PPE	35	Germany PPE For (8) Albert DESS, Bernd POSSELT, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Joachim ZELLER, Martin KASTLER, Michael GAHLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Thomas MANN 8	Poland PPE For (7) Bogusław SONIK, Filip KACZMAREK, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tadeusz ZWIEFKA 7	Romania PPE For (6) Cristian Dan PREDA, Csaba SÓGOR, Elena BĂSESCU, Iosif MATULA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Monica MACOVEI 6	Slovakia PPE For (4) Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Edit BAUER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ 4	Spain PPE For (5) Gabriel MATO, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ 5	France PPE For (3) Jean-Pierre AUDY, Joseph DAUL, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON 3			Finland PPE For (1) Eija-Riitta KORHOLA 1		Cyprus PPE For (1) Ioannis KASOULIDES 1
ECR	5		Poland ECR For (2) Marek Henryk MIGALSKI, Paweł Robert KOWAL 2					United Kingdom ECR For (3) Giles CHICHESTER, Robert STURDY, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK 3
ALDE	3	Germany ALDE For (1) Alexandra THEIN 1		Romania ALDE For (1) Renate WEBER 1			France ALDE For (1) Nathalie GRIESBECK 1
EFD	2				Slovakia EFD For (1) Jaroslav PAŠKA 1						Netherlands EFD For (1) Bas BELDER 1
NI	1								Austria NI For (1) Angelika WERTHMANN 1
GUE/NGL	2						France GUE/NGL Against (1) Marie-Christine VERGIAT 1											Czechia GUE/NGL Against (1) Jaromír KOHLÍČEK 1
Verts/ALE	3	Germany Verts/ALE Against (1) Ska KELLER 1				Spain Verts/ALE Against (1) Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA 1					Netherlands Verts/ALE Against (1) Judith SARGENTINI 1
S&D	16		Poland S&D Against (1) Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG 1	Romania S&D Against (3) Corina CREȚU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ioan ENCIU 3	Slovakia S&D Against (1) Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ 1			United Kingdom S&D Against (1) David MARTIN 1				Cyprus S&D Against (1) Kyriakos MAVRONIKOLAS 1	Belgium S&D Against (1) Véronique DE KEYSER 1	Portugal S&D Against (1) Elisa FERREIRA Abstain (1) Ana GOMES 2	Sweden S&D Against (1) Olle LUDVIGSSON 1	Italy S&D Against (1) Vittorio PRODI 1	Slovenia S&D Against (1) Zoran THALER 1	Czechia S&D Against (1) Zuzana BRZOBOHATÁ 1	Bulgaria S&D Against (2) Evgeni KIRILOV, Kristian VIGENIN 2

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events/2	date 2010-07-08T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament body EP docs url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2010-0289_EN.html title: T7-0289/2010 summary The European Parliament adopted by 46 to 20 with 1 abstention a resolution on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni. The resolution had been tabled by the EFD, EPP, ALDE and ECR groups. It recalls that on 10 December 2009, Maria Lourdes Afiuni, 'Judge of Control' of Caracas, acting under Venezuelan laws and following an opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, granted parole (under severe restrictions, including passport withdrawal) to Eligio Cedeño, who had been in pre-trial detention since February 2007. She was immediately arrested without charge at the court by officials of the DISIP (Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention) and was transferred on 12 December to the INOF (Instituto Nacional de Orientación Femenina). Parliament deplores the attacks on the independence of the judiciary, and voices its concern at the arrest of Judge Afiuni, considering it a violation of her basic personal rights and a very serious threat to the independence of the judiciary, which is the basic pillar of the rule of law. Members call for her release and call on the Venezuelan Government to be committed to the values of the rule of law, facilitating a fair and rapid trial, with all the necessary legal guarantees. Parliament also expresses its concern at the conditions of detention of Judge Afiuni, noting that she is held in a maximum security prison, under conditions which continue to endanger her physical and mental well-being as up to 24 inmates were convicted by her for crimes such as homicide, drug trafficking and kidnapping, and that during her detention, she has been subjected to insults, threats, verbal and physical attacks and attempts on her life. These conditions pose a threat to her physical and psychological integrity, and Parliament calls on the prison authorities strictly and immediately to apply the measures and recommendations advocated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on 11 January 2010 regarding Ms Afiuni's conditions of detention. Members recall that President Hugo Chávez, in a speech broadcast on TV, called her a bandit, and they condemns the public statements made by the President of the Republic of Venezuela, insulting and denigrating the judge, demanding a maximum sentence and requesting a modification of the law to enable a more severe penalty to be imposed. These statements are aggravating the circumstances of her detention and constitute an attack on the independence of the judiciary by the President of a nation, who should be its first guarantor. Parliament reminds the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of its obligation to respect freedom of expression and opinion and freedom of the press and to respect the independence of the judiciary as it is bound to do under its own Constitution and under the different international and regional conventions and charters to which Venezuela is a signatory. It believes that the Venezuelan media should guarantee pluralistic coverage of Venezuelan political and social life. Parliament notes that, with a view to the parliamentary elections due to be held on 26 September, the National Electoral Council has, at the request of the government, modified the constituency boundaries for the election of the 167 Members of the National Assembly, changes that affect up to 80% of the states governed by the opposition. It calls on the Venezuelan Government to respect the rules of democracy and the principles of freedom of expression, assembly, association and election, as well as to invite the European Union and international bodies to observe these elections. Lastly, Parliament note measures such as arbitrary confiscation and expropriation, involving more than 760 enterprises since 2005, some of them affecting EU interests, and it calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to make representations to the Venezuelan authorities with a view to expressing the EU's concern regarding respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in this South American country and to firmly upholding the interests and property of citizens and companies from EU Member States.
events/2	date 2010-07-08T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body EP docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2010-0289_EN.html title: T7-0289/2010 summary The European Parliament adopted by 46 to 20 with 1 abstention a resolution on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni. The resolution had been tabled by the EFD, EPP, ALDE and ECR groups. It recalls that on 10 December 2009, Maria Lourdes Afiuni, 'Judge of Control' of Caracas, acting under Venezuelan laws and following an opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, granted parole (under severe restrictions, including passport withdrawal) to Eligio Cedeño, who had been in pre-trial detention since February 2007. She was immediately arrested without charge at the court by officials of the DISIP (Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention) and was transferred on 12 December to the INOF (Instituto Nacional de Orientación Femenina). Parliament deplores the attacks on the independence of the judiciary, and voices its concern at the arrest of Judge Afiuni, considering it a violation of her basic personal rights and a very serious threat to the independence of the judiciary, which is the basic pillar of the rule of law. Members call for her release and call on the Venezuelan Government to be committed to the values of the rule of law, facilitating a fair and rapid trial, with all the necessary legal guarantees. Parliament also expresses its concern at the conditions of detention of Judge Afiuni, noting that she is held in a maximum security prison, under conditions which continue to endanger her physical and mental well-being as up to 24 inmates were convicted by her for crimes such as homicide, drug trafficking and kidnapping, and that during her detention, she has been subjected to insults, threats, verbal and physical attacks and attempts on her life. These conditions pose a threat to her physical and psychological integrity, and Parliament calls on the prison authorities strictly and immediately to apply the measures and recommendations advocated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on 11 January 2010 regarding Ms Afiuni's conditions of detention. Members recall that President Hugo Chávez, in a speech broadcast on TV, called her a bandit, and they condemns the public statements made by the President of the Republic of Venezuela, insulting and denigrating the judge, demanding a maximum sentence and requesting a modification of the law to enable a more severe penalty to be imposed. These statements are aggravating the circumstances of her detention and constitute an attack on the independence of the judiciary by the President of a nation, who should be its first guarantor. Parliament reminds the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of its obligation to respect freedom of expression and opinion and freedom of the press and to respect the independence of the judiciary as it is bound to do under its own Constitution and under the different international and regional conventions and charters to which Venezuela is a signatory. It believes that the Venezuelan media should guarantee pluralistic coverage of Venezuelan political and social life. Parliament notes that, with a view to the parliamentary elections due to be held on 26 September, the National Electoral Council has, at the request of the government, modified the constituency boundaries for the election of the 167 Members of the National Assembly, changes that affect up to 80% of the states governed by the opposition. It calls on the Venezuelan Government to respect the rules of democracy and the principles of freedom of expression, assembly, association and election, as well as to invite the European Union and international bodies to observe these elections. Lastly, Parliament note measures such as arbitrary confiscation and expropriation, involving more than 760 enterprises since 2005, some of them affecting EU interests, and it calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to make representations to the Venezuelan authorities with a view to expressing the EU's concern regarding respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in this South American country and to firmly upholding the interests and property of citizens and companies from EU Member States.
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events	date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=18730&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20100708&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2010-289 title: T7-0289/2010 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 46 to 20 with 1 abstention a resolution on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni. The resolution had been tabled by the EFD, EPP, ALDE and ECR groups. It recalls that on 10 December 2009, Maria Lourdes Afiuni, 'Judge of Control' of Caracas, acting under Venezuelan laws and following an opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, granted parole (under severe restrictions, including passport withdrawal) to Eligio Cedeño, who had been in pre-trial detention since February 2007. She was immediately arrested without charge at the court by officials of the DISIP (Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention) and was transferred on 12 December to the INOF (Instituto Nacional de Orientación Femenina). Parliament deplores the attacks on the independence of the judiciary, and voices its concern at the arrest of Judge Afiuni, considering it a violation of her basic personal rights and a very serious threat to the independence of the judiciary, which is the basic pillar of the rule of law. Members call for her release and call on the Venezuelan Government to be committed to the values of the rule of law, facilitating a fair and rapid trial, with all the necessary legal guarantees. Parliament also expresses its concern at the conditions of detention of Judge Afiuni, noting that she is held in a maximum security prison, under conditions which continue to endanger her physical and mental well-being as up to 24 inmates were convicted by her for crimes such as homicide, drug trafficking and kidnapping, and that during her detention, she has been subjected to insults, threats, verbal and physical attacks and attempts on her life. These conditions pose a threat to her physical and psychological integrity, and Parliament calls on the prison authorities strictly and immediately to apply the measures and recommendations advocated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on 11 January 2010 regarding Ms Afiuni's conditions of detention. Members recall that President Hugo Chávez, in a speech broadcast on TV, called her a bandit, and they condemns the public statements made by the President of the Republic of Venezuela, insulting and denigrating the judge, demanding a maximum sentence and requesting a modification of the law to enable a more severe penalty to be imposed. These statements are aggravating the circumstances of her detention and constitute an attack on the independence of the judiciary by the President of a nation, who should be its first guarantor. Parliament reminds the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of its obligation to respect freedom of expression and opinion and freedom of the press and to respect the independence of the judiciary as it is bound to do under its own Constitution and under the different international and regional conventions and charters to which Venezuela is a signatory. It believes that the Venezuelan media should guarantee pluralistic coverage of Venezuelan political and social life. Parliament notes that, with a view to the parliamentary elections due to be held on 26 September, the National Electoral Council has, at the request of the government, modified the constituency boundaries for the election of the 167 Members of the National Assembly, changes that affect up to 80% of the states governed by the opposition. It calls on the Venezuelan Government to respect the rules of democracy and the principles of freedom of expression, assembly, association and election, as well as to invite the European Union and international bodies to observe these elections. Lastly, Parliament note measures such as arbitrary confiscation and expropriation, involving more than 760 enterprises since 2005, some of them affecting EU interests, and it calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to make representations to the Venezuelan authorities with a view to expressing the EU's concern regarding respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in this South American country and to firmly upholding the interests and property of citizens and companies from EU Member States. date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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