CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency’s chief said Friday, months after the government of President Nicolás Maduro expelled its staff for allegedly helping coup plotters and terror groups.

Commissioner Volker Turk indicates he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the violence following Venezuela’s contested election.

The UN Human Rights Office in Venezuela has partially resumed operations after being shut down by the government, amid ongoing concerns over human rights violations.

A prominent human rights attorney has parted ways with the International Criminal Court to protest what he sees as an unjustified failure of its