A/HRC/34/6 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its twenty-sixth session from 31 October to 11 November 2016. The review of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was held at the 3rd meeting, on 1 November 2016. The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was headed by the Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs, Delcy Rodríguez. At its 10th meeting, held on 4 November 2016, the Working Group adopted the report on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 2. On 12 January 2016, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Kyrgyzstan, Mexico and Nigeria. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/26/VEN/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/26/VEN/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/26/VEN/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America was transmitted to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela stated that the 1998 revolution had been a revolution for human rights and that the 1999 Constitution set out a path that was based on the concept of a constitutional State for human rights. Two models in the world and in the region were standing in contrast to each other: the capitalist model, which was the main instrument for human rights violations, and the model for transformation, which had not only a different view of modes of production but also a different conception of the human being. Since the previous review, the capitalist imperial force had tried to end the transformations taking place in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by increasing and intensifying the war against the country. The United States had selected the country as an imperial target, aiming to alter the universality of the Venezuelan human rights model through a destabilization process. 6. The national human rights model in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was irreversible because it stemmed from the citizens, who had taken ownership of the country’s transformation. The main enemy of the revolution was the capitalist model, which violated human rights worldwide, caused violence and was mainly responsible for 3