A/HRC/RES/45/20 13. Encourages relevant special procedures to pay particular attention, within their respective mandates, to the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and urges the Venezuelan authorities to cooperate fully with their work, including by facilitating country visits; 14. Requests the High Commissioner to continue to monitor, report on and provide technical cooperation with a view to improving the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including through the presentation of oral updates to the Human Rights Council at its forty-sixth and forty-ninth sessions, to be followed by interactive dialogues, and also requests the High Commissioner to prepare comprehensive written reports on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela containing a detailed assessment of the implementation of the recommendations made in her previous reports, and to present them to the Council at its forty-seventh and fiftieth sessions, to be followed by interactive dialogues; 15. Decides to extend the mandate of the independent international fact-finding mission for a period of two years, to enable the mission to continue to investigate gross violations of human rights, including extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence, committed since 2014, with a view of combating impunity and ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims, and requests the mission to present an oral update on its work during an interactive dialogue at the forty-sixth and forty-ninth sessions of the Council, and to prepare written reports on its findings, to be presented to the Council during an interactive dialogue at its forty-eighth and fifty-first sessions; 16. Urges the Venezuelan authorities to cooperate fully with the Office of the High Commissioner and the independent international fact-finding mission, to grant them immediate, full and unfettered access to the entire country, including to victims and places of detention, to provide them with all the information necessary to fulfil their mandates, and to ensure that all individuals have unhindered access to and can communicate with the United Nations and other human rights entities without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack; 17. Requests that the Office of the High Commissioner be provided with all the resources necessary to fulfil the mandate and that the independent international fact-finding mission be provided with the full administrative, technical and logistical support needed to carry out its mandate; 18. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter and to consider further measures, including the establishment of a commission of inquiry if the situation continues to deteriorate or if the Venezuelan authorities do not cooperate meaningfully with the Office of the High Commissioner, the independent international fact-finding mission and the special procedures, particularly through the implementation of the recommendations contained in the reports of the High Commissioner. 37th meeting 6 October 2020 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 22 to 3, with 22 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Italy, Japan, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and Uruguay Against: Eritrea, Philippines and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Abstaining: Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Togo] 4