On September 10, 2012, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States received a formal notice of denunciation of the American Convention on Human Rights on behalf of the government of Venezuela.  The denunciation took effect on September 10, 2013 pursuant to Article 78(1) of the American Convention. In a statement issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, "[t]he Commission reiterates its deep concern over the consequences of the denunciation's entry into force, namely that any human rights violations that take place in Venezuela after September 10, 2013, may not be analyzed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights." The Commission "calls on Venezuela to reconsider this decision."