European Parliament
Anneli Jäätteenmäki  (ALDE ).
– Mr President, first of all I would like to say that I fully support the joint resolution signed by my Group and other groups. If Venezuela withdraws from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, it will miss an important opportunity for constructive human rights dialogue, as well as for the improvement of human rights together with other Latin American states and partners. I am afraid that Venezuela’s withdrawal from the Inter-American system could lead to its isolation and would not be good for the Venezuelan people – that is the most important point. I really hope that our doubts are ‘early-warning’ doubts.

