A/HRC/45/CRP.11 1022. A first phase of operations took place from July 2015 to May 2016. In May 2016, a “new phase” was officially launched.1811 From the “presidential command post”, together with some members of his cabinet, President Maduro informed the country that he had been monitoring this “new phase” of OLPs.1812 He said that Diosdado Cabello was coordinating the command post.1813 President Maduro noted that the Minister of the Interior was leading the operations to “correct all the problems, errors and weaknesses that existed in the early phases of OLPs”. He added “We have learned lessons and the key is that the people, the armed forces and the police are united. And the key is to stay on the ground”.1814 1023. The OLPs were characterized, in part, by the use of mixed military and police forces in a single operation. Official statements in 54 videos of operations confirm the participation of a large number of combined military, police and intelligence forces. On 19 occasions documented by the Mission, State representatives stated publicly that the President ordered the operation.1815 The President explicitly referred to OLPs in 26 public statements. 1816 On 18 occasions, the Ministry of the Interior presented the operational results achieved during the OLP.1817 1024. On 13 July 2016, one year after the first operation, the Minister of the Interior announced that 143 operations had been carried out during the first half of 2016.1818 In 2017, the Public Prosecutor’s Office investigated 43 operations carried out since July 2015. 1819 These investigations helped shed light on victim numbers and profiles, peak areas of implementation and other patterns, as detailed below. OLHPs 1025. In January 2017, following strong public criticism of events at Barlovento, 1820 the Government relaunched the OLPs as the Operations for People’s Humane Liberation, OLHP.1821 In a televised statement, President Maduro said that OLPs “have had a good experience, but have also faced criticism”.1822 Then Vice-President Tareck El Aissami assured the public that the OLHPs would not be repressive operations but were “search blocks against paramilitary groups, criminal groups that operate within a territory and subject that community to violence, to criminality”. 1823 He also said OLHPs would be implemented with full respect for human rights.1824 1026. In contrast to the first two phases of the OLPs, the Government published a Protocol of Action for the OLHP, containing information about organization and operational 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 202 YouTube Video, Diario 2001, González Lopez announces new phase of the OLPs, minute 1:26, 10 May 2016, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTMZeNZW_OQ. YouTube Video, Diario Panorama, Maduro: Llegamos para quedarnos en la nueva fase de la OLP, 10 May 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEe9g_rC9no. Ibid., minute 0:17. Ibid., minute 0:33. Compilation of videos on file with the Mission. Compilation of videos on file with the Mission. Gustavo González López was Minister of the Interior from 10 March 2015 to 3 August 2016 (He concurrently was Director of SEBIN during this time). On 3 August 2016, he was replaced by Néstor Enrique Reverol Torres. YouTube Video, Globovisión Videos, González López aseguro que 82% de la población aprueba la OLP, 13 June 2016, minute 0:40, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRKHlQWqigU. Public Prosecutor’s Office, actuaciones del Ministerio Público relacionadas con los OLP (julio 2015marzo 2017), available at: https://es.scribd.com/document/360500346/Informe-del-MinisterioPublico-sobre-OLP-2017#from_embedAc. The Barlovento case is detailed below. YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Cadena completa: Nicolás Maduro activa seis líneas para combatir la inseguridad, 18 January 2017, minute 1:15.00, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZIia4O6X60. Ibid., minute 1:15.00. See statements by Tareck El Aissami in El Nuevo Herald, Gobierno venezolano asegura que nuevo plan de seguridad no es represivo, 18 January 2017, available at: https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/venezuela-es/article127217494.html. Ibid.