2021 was a year of major challenges and opportunities to consolidate our humanitarian action in Venezuela. Throughout the year, the constant dialogue with the communities affected by armed violence, the authorities, and other actors – including armed persons – allowed […]
My name is Paúl Gotera, I am 22 years old and I was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. I started studying karate when I was 5 years old and I’ve been an instructor since I was 17 years old. Describing who […]
According to Notes by the UNHCR, migrants and refugees require international protection for being in a situation of vulnerability An August 2021 report by the Human Rights Center of the Andrés Bello Catholic University (CDH-UCAB) revealed that Venezuelan migrant women […]
The political crisis in Venezuela, the tension with Colombia, the severance of diplomatic and consular relations, and the closure of formal border crossings between two sister countries generate numerous problems that directly affect the residents, merchants, and migrants of both […]
On August 25, the Human Rights Enforceability Unit of Venezuelan NGO Acción Solidaria presented its report “HEALTH IN EMERGENCY: The Venezuela case”, as the result of monitoring conducted between January and December 2020 that documented 1,436 cases related to violations […]
From January to June 2021, the Commission for Human Rights of the State of Zulia (Codhez) documented several acts of violence involving security officials of the Venezuelan State that led to the presumably unlawful death of 158. In the same […]
In 2020, The Nicolás Maduro administration began its onslaught against human rights as early as January. Although the State is theoretically responsible for adopting the necessary measures to achieve the real and effective exercise of human rights, in Venezuelan reality, […]
Face-to-face education in Venezuela has been suspended since March 16, 2020. This measure that affects all levels of public and private, formal and informal education, is part of the presidential decree of March 13, 2020, declaring a State of National […]
The violent deaths of older people are linked to the responsibility of the State because of its obligation, established in different international agreements and conventions, to protect, care for, and maintain the material living conditions that avoid the anticipated exposure […]
The most recent report from the Human Rights Observatory at Universidad de Los Andes (ODH-ULA) studied the limitations and restrictions faced by students, professors, and workers of Venezuelan universities during the first nine months of quarantine due to the COVID-19 […]
