World ‘Less Safe’ After Venezuela Intervention, Says UN Human Rights Office

The United Nations human rights office has sharply criticized the recent U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, saying it violates international law and weakens global security. The operation, in which U.S. forces removed President Nicolás Maduro from power over the weekend, has raised serious concerns about respect for national sovereignty and the use of force in international relations. 

In comments delivered in Geneva, a spokesperson for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the action undermines a core international principle: that no state should use force against another’s territorial integrity or political independence. The office urged the international community to unite in defence of those norms rather than allow powerful countries to act unilaterally. 

Far from advancing human rights, the intervention “damages the architecture of international security” and signals that influential states can act with impunity, the spokesperson said. The United Nations stressed that the future of Venezuela should be decided by its own people, warning that instability and increased militarization will only worsen human rights conditions in the country.

In short, the U.N. human rights office concluded that the U.S. action makes the world “less safe” by setting a dangerous precedent for other nations to disregard legal protections for sovereignty and peace.