UN experts condemn US naval blockade of Venezuela as illegal aggression

Four UN human rights experts have called for the US Congress to intervene in the partial naval blockade of Venezuela, citing it as illegal armed aggression, and condemn it.

In a joint statement released on Wednesday, the UN experts said, “There is no right to impose unilateral sanctions through an armed blockade.”

As part of a naval blockade against Venezuelan vessels that it considers to be in the sanctions zone, the US has deployed a significant military force in the Caribbean and intercepted oil tankers.

According to the UN Charter, using military force against another country is prohibited.

According to the experts, “it is also expressly recognized as illegal armed aggression under the General Assembly’s 1974 Definition of Aggression” because of how seriously it is used of force. The human right to life and other rights are gravely endangered in Venezuela and the region because of the illegal use of force and threats to use additional force at sea and on land.

Venezuela, the country’s main resource, is accused of using oil, which is its main resource, to finance “narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murders, and kidnappings,” according to US President Donald Trump.

Caracas denies having a drug trafficking history. According to the statement, Washington wants to seize Venezuela’s largest oil reserves, which is currently the largest in the world, from Nicolas Maduro.

US forces have launched numerous airstrikes on ships that Washington claims were allegedly containing drugs since September. For those accusations, it has not yet provided proof. There have been more than 100 fatalities.

US Congress should act, right?

“These killings constitute human rights violations.” According to the experts, they need to be looked into and held accountable for their actions.

The US Congress should step in, they said, to end the blockade and prevent further attacks.

They demanded that nations take steps to stop the escalation of the blockade, stop illegal killings, and prosecute the perpetrators.