A/HRC/45/33 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 25 September 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela* Summary The present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 42/25, contains the findings of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The report contains an overview of the mission’s findings with respect to extrajudicial executions; enforced disappearances; arbitrary detentions; and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment committed in the country since 2014. The report concludes with the mission’s assessment of responsibilities for the violations found. * This report was submitted after the deadline to reflect recent developments. GE.20-12489(E) 