September  UTC The opening section of the chapter reads During the Chavez presidency rights advocates have faced prosecutorial harassment unsubstantiated allegations aimed at discrediting their work and efforts to exclude them from international forums and restrict their access to international funding  It goes on to say rather than engage constructively with NGOs that document abuses and advocate reform to the prison system the authorities have harassed intimidated and marginalized them from policy discussions  In ONE NO LE EXCEPTION the government incorporated civil society experts in a commission set up to analyze and make proposals to reform Venezuelas policeFor the first timethe government identified and prioritized accountability for police abuse as a major issue though it did not ultimately adopt all of the commissions recommendations  UNFORTUNATELY THE COMMISSION ON POLICE REFORM IS THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE  The government most often has sought to discredit and sideline human rights advocates and organizations  Context is everything  And if there is any question about whether what I have posted is in context I urge you to go back and read the entire section  The parts I quoted are from pages  of the report