Judgment_paragraph 54 · Antonio José Benavides Torres v Council of the European Union (T-35/19)

54In today’s judgment, Benavides Torres v Council (T‑245/18, not published), the Court observed that the Council was fully entitled to consider that, under the applicant’s command, the Bolivarian National Guard made use, in practice, of excessive force in the maintenance of the order during civil demonstrations and, having regard to the general context of the situation in Venezuela, the applicant had been involved in the repression of Venezuelan civil society and democratic opposition and that he was responsible for serious human rights violations committed under his command by the Bolivarian National Guard.

Antonio José Benavides Torres v Council of the European Union (T-35/19)

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