At the end of a three-day visit to Venezuela, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said she had appointed two delegates to stay behind to advise the government and monitor abuses.
Her trip, at the invitation of embattled President Nicolas Maduro, came amid a deepening crisis that has caused crippling food and medicine shortages across the country. Rights groups say hundreds of political opponents have been jailed, while millions of people have fled abroad.
In a press conference in Caracas, Bachelet praised Maduro’s decision to invite two UN officials to remain in Venezuela, adding that she hoped it would lead to a permanent office being established.