A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Name Date Legal basis Description 3. Activation of the Anti-Coup Commandos February 2014 January 2017 Unclear, announcements in televised statements392 Consisting of high-level political officials to combat threats of coup d’état 4. Creation of the Special Brigade against groups that generate violence June 2014 Presidential Decree No. 1014393 Creation of the Brigade within the Ministry of Defence against groups that generate violence 5. Creation of the “Shock Force” under the Strategic Operational Command September 2014 Resolution of the Ministry of Combat “destabilization plans” that Popular Power and Defence threaten the “internal order” of the No. 6574394 country 6. Reforms to the Organic Law on November 2014 Security of the Nation Presidential Decree No. 1473395 Reforms to the framework law on national security, outlining key concepts and institutions. The law created the System for Protection of Peace (SP3) and established the “Security Zones” 7. Reforms to the Organic Law of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) Presidential Decree No. 1439396 Reforms to the basic mission, functions and organization of the National Armed Forces 8. Presidential Decree establishing January 2015 the functions of the System for the Protection of Peace (SP3) Presidential Decree No. 1417397 Describes the functions of these local civilian groups in combating insecurity 9. Resolution on the acts of the FANB in protests January 2015 Resolution of the Ministry of Establishes the functions of the FANB Popular Power and Defence in the context of protests, including No. 8610398 the use of force 10. Reforms to the Organic Law of the General Directorate of Military Intelligence (DGCIM) February 2015 Presidential Decree No. 1605399 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 44 November 2014 Reforms to the basic mission, functions and organization of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DGCIM) See YouTube Video, TeleSUR tv, Reactivará Nicolás Maduro Comando Antigolpe contra sectores de derecho, 26 October 2013, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZ9n3Bvf3g; See also Voice of America, Venezuela: Maduro crea “Comando Antigolpe”, 11 January 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EWqT68i-I&t=2s; La Patilla, Maduro anuncia más represión por parte del Comando Antigolpe, 21 March 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-97COkUDE. Document on file with the Mission. Resolution of the Ministry of Popular Power and Defence No. 6574, 17 September 2014, published in the Official Gazette No. 40.502; See also NTN24 Venezuela, Polémica en Venezuela por la creación de una fuerza militar de choque, 25 September 2014, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAik1P-oWR0. Presidential Decree No. 1473, Ley Orgánica de Seguridad de la Nación (hereinafter 2014 Organic Security Law), Published in Official Gazette No. 6156, 19 November 2014, available at: http://www.controlciudadano.org/web/wp-content/uploads/Ley-Org%C3%A1nica-de-Seguridad-dela-Naci%C3%B3n.pdf. Organic Law of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (hereinafter 2014 Organic Law of the FANB), Presidential Decree No. 1439, 17 November 2014, published in Official Gazette No. 6156, available at: https://pandectasdigital.blogspot.com/2016/07/ley-organica-de-la-fuerza-armada.html. Presidential Decree No. 1417 of 19 November 2014, Published in Official Gazette No. 40.582, 16 January 2015, available at: https://dhqrdotme.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/sistema-popular-deproteccic3b3n-para-la-paz.pdf. Ministry of Popular Power and Defence, Resolution No. 8610 of 26 December 2014, published in the Official Gazette No. 40.589, 27 January 2015, available at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8fhBobOcJfUQm9udmV6WlNuMHM/view. Presidential Decree No. 1605, published in the Official Gazette No. 40.599, 10 February 2015, available at: http://www.franciscosantana.net/2016/02/reglamento-organico-de-la-direccion.html.