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28 March 2024
VENEZUELA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Venezuela. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
4 January 2024
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Follow-up Report on the Complex Humanitarian Emergency in Venezuela
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 March 2024
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
6 December 2022
Author:
Rebecca M. Nelson et al.
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
21 March 2024
Title:
Country of Origin Information. Venezuela: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
General Country of Origin Information Report Venezuela 2020
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 September 2020
Title:
Detailed findings of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 September 2020
Accessed Date:
16 February 2021
Title:
Colombia/Venezuela: Border Area Abuses by Armed Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 March 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Présentation du Vénézuéla
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
21 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
1 September 2023
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: International Efforts to Resolve the Political Crisis. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
26 May 2021
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Food is Not a Game: Serious violations to the human right to food in Venezuela
Source:
International Federation of Human Rights; Provea
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Availability of health care, including for persons with disabilities and older persons; treatment of persons with disabilities and older persons within the healthcare system (2021–January 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 February 2023
Accessed Date:
27 February 2023
Title:
Final Report. Venezuela: Health Emergency.
Source:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Date of Document:
28 January 2022
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. Member State Profile. Mental Health Atlas 2020.
Source:
World Health Organization
Date of Document:
15 April 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela, second quarter 2023: Update on incidents according to the armed conflict location & event data project (ACLED)
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
6 September 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
28 July 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. Freedom in the World 2024.
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. Annual Report of the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2022.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/40/VEN/1
Date of Document:
9 November 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Compilation on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/40/VEN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 November 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/40/VEN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
1 November 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Human rights violations in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: a downward spiral with no end in sight
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 November 2022
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Date of Document:
20 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Chapter IV.B: Venezuela. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Annual Report 2022.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
1 April 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Report of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States and the Panel of Independent International Experts on the Possible Commission of Crimes Against Humanity in Venezuela
Source:
Organization of American States
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Outcomes of the investigation into allegations of possible human right violations of the human rights to life, liberty and physical and moral integrity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
17 September 2020
Accessed Date:
21 March 2024
Title:
Independence of the justice system and access to justice in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including for violations of economic and social rights, and the situation of human rights in the Arco Minero del Orinoco region
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
29 September 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
“The Guerrillas Are the Police”: Social Control and Abuses by Armed Groups in Colombia's Arauca Province and Venezuela's Apure State
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 January 2020
Editor:
Tamara Taraciuk et al.
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela: Humanitarian Groups Under Attack
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 December 2020
Accessed Date:
16 February 2021
Title:
Treatment of citizens by the authorities based on whether or not they participate in anti-government protests, including whether some are more targeted than others and for what reasons; whether access to social security programs may be affected ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 February 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela : accès aux médicaments pour le traitement du VIH
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
16 July 2018
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, on her visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
4 October 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Situation of human rights and technical assistance in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
21 October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Hunger for Justice: Crimes Against Humanity in Venezuela
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 May 2019
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Venezuela: Information for the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 139th session, 9 October – 3 November 2023
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 September 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 September 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
The Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions of the Bolivarian National Police Corps and its relationship with the former Special Action Forces. International independent fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 September 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
28 November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter II: Nationality and Citizenship. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2009.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain the Homeland Card (Carnet de la Patria); content, appearance, and security features; social services available for holders; availability of documentation to prove that a person does not possess the card; ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 January 2022
Accessed Date:
18 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. U.S Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Venezuela
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
18 May 2017
Title:
Mexico and Venezuela: Residence status of Venezuelan refugees and transiting migrants in Mexico, including requirements and procedures to apply for residence status; rights and obligations associated with residence status; documents issued (2016-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 June 2018
Accessed Date:
27 August 2019
Title:
Information on the meaning of the prefix 'E' on a cédula de identidad (national identity card), including requirements and procedures to obtain the card; requirements and procedures for placement on the Listado de Miembros de Mesa (Polling...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 July 2017
Accessed Date:
10 May 2018
Title:
Colombia and Venezuela: Whether a Venezuelan national who was born to a Colombian parent has the right to Colombian nationality; requirements and procedures for a Venezuelan national to access Colombian nationality (2016-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 May 2018
Accessed Date:
29 May 2018
Title:
Colombia and Venezuela: Whether Colombian citizenship is transmitted through both parents and whether both parents are required to provide identification documents; alternative application procedures when one parent is estranged from the child...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 May 2020
Accessed Date:
29 May 2020
Title:
Social protection systems in Venezuela: Surveillance, gender and human rights. Identity systems and social protection in Venezuela and Bolivia: Gender impacts and other inequalities.
Source:
Derechos Digitales América Latina
Date of Document:
15 April 2021
Author:
Marianne Díaz Hernández
Editor:
Jamila Venturini et al.
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Haiti and Venezuela: Requirements and procedures for foreign nationals, particularly Haitians, to obtain and maintain residence status in Venezuela; rights and obligations of Haitian residents; circumstances leading to the loss of residence status; possibility of extending or reacquiring status if lost or expired; treatment of Haitians by society and the authorities; state protection (2021–February 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2023
Accessed Date:
24 July 2023
Title:
Cuba and Venezuela: Requirements and procedures for foreign-born nationals, including those born in Venezuela, who were born to a Cuban parent, to obtain Cuban citizenship (2017–December 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 January 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2022
Title:
Colombia and Venezuela: Access for Venezuelans to obtain legal residency status in Colombia, including rights and obligations of residency (2021–January 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 January 2023
Accessed Date:
27 February 2023
Title:
Chile and Venezuela: Access for Venezuelans to obtain legal residency status in Chile, including rights and obligations of residency (2021–January 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2023
Accessed Date:
27 February 2023
Title:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay: Rights of citizens of countries belonging to the Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur, MERCOSUR) to residence, employment, and education in other MERCOSUR countries (2021–April 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 April 2023
Accessed Date:
29 May 2023
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Election for Venezuela Presidency of 20 May 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
21 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: 2020 parliamentary election
Source:
United Kingdom. House of Commons Library.
Date of Document:
18 January 2021
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela : Le parti politique Encuentro Ciudadano
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 June 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
The Justice First (Primero Justicia, PJ) [also known as Movimiento Primero Justicia (MPJ)] political party, including treatment of party members by the authorities; its structure and leadership; its membership procedure, including membership cards, their content, appearance, and issuing authority (2022–February 2024)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 March 2024
Accessed Date:
27 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Decision adopted by the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians at its 164th session (virtual session, 8 to 20 March 2021)
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Treatment of suspected whistleblowers and former government employees by authorities and pro-government groups (colectivos; circulos bolivarianos); whether current government employees are required to participate in activities promoting state policie...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2024
Accessed Date:
22 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela : Situation politique et répression de l'opposition
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 December 2022
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: A Time for Opposition Reflection and Renovation
Source:
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date of Document:
17 December 2021
Author:
Ryan C. Berg; Alexandra Winkler
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), including structure, leadership, and membership process; MAS membership cards, including description; treatment of members by authorities and society (2008-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
The Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP) political party, including its mandate, objectives, structure, leadership, regions of influence, number of members, and activities; treatment of ABP members (2006-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 April 2014
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
The political party Voluntad Popular, its structure, as well as its main positions and officials; the conditions to become a party member, including a description of the membership card; the treatment reserved for members of this political party...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 September 2014
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
The Democratic Action (Acción Democrática, AD) political party, including ideology, objectives, structure, factions, procedure to become a member, key positions, and leadership, particularly in Trujillo state; whether membership cards and proof o...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 March 2024
Accessed Date:
22 March 2024
Title:
About parliament. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
21 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Regional and Municipal Elections 21 November 2021. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
22 February 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Information on Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) political party, including objectives and ideology, organisational structure, key positions and leaders, conditions to become a member; description of membership cards; treatment by authorities (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2016
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Pro-government groups (also known as colectivos), including the Tupamaros [also known as the Revolutionary Tupamaros Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro, MRT)]; information on their areas of operation, objectives, activities, and relationshi...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 February 2023
Accessed Date:
27 February 2023
Title:
Life detained: Politically-motivated arbitrary detentions continue in Venezuela
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 August 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Le mouvement
La Resistencia
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 April 2018
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Institutional violence in Venezuela: What are militias and colectivos?
Date of Document:
3 July 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela: What Lies Ahead after Election Clinches Maduro's Clean Sweep. Latin America Report N°85.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
21 December 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Political situation, including the presidential dispute (2020–January 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 January 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Violence against women, including non-domestic sexual violence, particularly in Caracas and Maracaibo; legislation; state protection and support services (2016-July 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 July 2018
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
31 May 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2021
Date of Document:
4 October 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: A Brief on the Implementation of CEDAW Commitments from Articles 2, 5, 11, 16; Information for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; 84th Pre-Session Working Group, July 2022
Source:
University of California Los Angeles. WORLD Policy Analysis Center.
Date of Document:
9 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Situation and treatment of persons with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE) by society and state authorities, including state protection and support services (2018–January 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 February 2021
Accessed Date:
24 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: LGBTIQ+ Persons. Protection Analysis Update: September 2023.
Source:
Global Protection Cluster
Date of Document:
19 December 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Tren de Aragua: From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal Enterprise
Date of Document:
October 2023
Editor:
Peter Appleby et al.
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report: Venezuela
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
10 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela : Les groupes mafieux et paramilitaires
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
Accessed Date:
31 May 2017
Title:
Venezuela: A Mafia State?
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
A Glut of Arms: Curbing the Threat to Venezuela from Violent Groups. Latin America Report N°78.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
20 February 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Enemies to Allies – How Venezuela Decides Which Criminal Groups Thrive
Date of Document:
19 October 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela : Traitement réservé aux lanceurs d'alerte dénonçant la corruption, le cas de CORPOELEC
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 May 2019
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Between Contraband and Coronavirus: Migration Dynamics at the Venezuela-Colombia Border
Date of Document:
24 July 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Venezuela. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2023, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume II: Money Laundering.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
The Battle for Apure: Chavismo and the ex-FARC
Date of Document:
13 October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Violence, patronage, and criminal governance in Venezuela
Date of Document:
15 January 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Maduro's El Dorado: Gangs, Guerrillas and Gold in Venezuela
Date of Document:
17 November 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela's Cocaine Revolution
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
The Colombo-Venezuelan Guerrillas: How Colombia's War Migrated to Venezuela
Date of Document:
3 October 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
The Paraguaná Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Political Power in Venezuela
Date of Document:
2 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review. Tenth Edition.
Date of Document:
November 2021
Author:
Jesús A Dávila; Adriana Gonçalves
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Brutal but Futile: Venezuela's Anti-Gang ‘Mega-Operations'
Date of Document:
2 March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela : Le groupe armé Tren de Aragua et son expansion internationale
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela : Les Colectivos
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 June 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Rise of the Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela
Date of Document:
July 2023
Editor:
Chris Dalby et al.
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela Security Policy: Combating Gang and Police-Driven Extortion
Date of Document:
18 October 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela's Most Wanted List Notable for Its Absences
Date of Document:
18 October 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela: an Instrument of the Executive Branch
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
11 May 2018
Title:
Achieving Justice for Gross Human Rights Violations in Venezuela: Baseline Study
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
11 May 2018
Title:
Is the ‘Pran' System in Venezuela's Prisons Finished?
Date of Document:
15 November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Requirements and procedures to file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público); requirements and procedures for obtaining a copy of a complaint, including who can obtain it, the timeframe within which the copy can...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 May 2017
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Judges on the Tightrope: Report on the Independence and Impartiality of the Judiciary in Venezuela
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
22 June 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 December 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Search warrants (orden de allanamiento), including issuance procedures, appearance, security features, and samples; prevalence of document fraud related to search warrants (2019–April 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 April 2021
Accessed Date:
24 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela: Impunity in the Face of Lethal Policy of Social Control
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 February 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela: Calculated repression: Correlation between stigmatization and politically motivated arbitrary detentions
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 February 2022
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Detailed findings of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 September 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Lawyers under attack: Barriers to the legal profession in Venezuela
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Criminal Justice as a Tool of Political Repression in Venezuela
Source:
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; Foro Penal
Date of Document:
June 2022
Editor:
Angelita Baeyens et al.
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
COI Query Response. Venezuela: Activities of the Bolivarian militia (January 2016–April 2023).
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
27 April 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
How is state violence organised in Venezuela?
Date of Document:
23 June 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Nights of Terror: Attacks and Illegal Raids on Homes in Venezuela
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 October 2017
Accessed Date:
11 May 2018
Title:
Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 April 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela : La Service bolivarien d'intelligence nationale (SEBIN) : Violations des droits humains (2014-2020)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela : Exactions des forces publiques sur des mineurs
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 July 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. Critics Are Not Criminals: Comparative Study of Criminal Defamation Laws in the Americas.
Source:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP et al.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
18 May 2017
Title:
Venezuela. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2022. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
The Exile Effect: Venezuela's Overseas Opposition and Social Media. Latin America Report N°86.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
24 February 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
30 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Venezuela. The Indigenous World 2023.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
23 September 2020
Title:
Colombia and Venezuela: Treatment by authorities and society of Venezuelans and Colombians with Venezuelan citizenship in Colombia, and of Colombians and Venezuelans with Colombian citizenship in Venezuela (2015-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
Title:
Situation and treatment of individuals of Chinese descent by the authorities and society; ability to access housing, employment, education, and healthcare; state protection (2020–January 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 February 2022
Accessed Date:
18 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela : La communauté syro-vénézuélienne
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 September 2021
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Information on the requirements and procedures to leave Venezuela by land, air, and sea, including whether a person who is targeted or wanted by the government or a colectivo is able to leave; information on the impact of currency inflation on...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 August 2017
Accessed Date:
10 May 2018
Title:
Venezuela and the United States: Requirements and issuance procedures for US visitor visas (2016-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 May 2017
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Treatment by the authorities and pro-government groups of failed refugee claimants who return to the country (2016-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 May 2018
Title:
International protection needs of Venezuelan nationals
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 October 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Regularization and protection: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 September 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Still no Safety: Venezuelans denied protection in Curaçao
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Requirements and procedures to re-enter Venezuela after travelling abroad; treatment of Venezuelans who have travelled abroad, including those who have sought asylum (2017-October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 March 2020
Accessed Date:
28 September 2020
Title:
Bottleneck of the Americas: Crime and Migration in the Darién Gap. Latin America Report N°102.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 November 2023
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Applying the “Triple Nexus”; between Humanitarian, Development, and Peace in the Context of Migration Flows from Venezuela
Source:
Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action
Date of Document:
18 January 2022
Author:
Francisco Rey et al.
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela: Abusive Treatment of Returnees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 October 2020
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Colombia/Venezuela - The Caminantes: needs and vulnerabilities of Venezuelan refugees and migrants travelling on foot
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Socioeconomic Integration of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees. The Cases of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
July 2021
Author:
Diego Chaves-González et al.
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Unprotected: Gender-based violence against Venezuelan refugee women in Colombia and Peru
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 July 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Between invisibility and discrimination: Venezuelan LGBTIQ+ refugees in Colombia and Peru
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 June 2022
Author:
Laura Vásquez Roa
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Hard Times in a Safe Haven: Protecting Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia. Latin America Report N°94.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 August 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 July 2023:
Title:
Venezuela. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
25 November 2016
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/amsudant/venezuela-1.htm
Accessed Date:
18 May 2017
Title:
Venezuela. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
14 February 2023
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/venezuela
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
28 April 2021
Author:
Rebecca M. Nelson et al.
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44841
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
URL:
https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/VEN
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Venezuela: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
August 2020
URL:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2020_08_EASO_COI_Report_Venezuela.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 September 2020
Title:
Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
2 December 2022
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10230
Accessed Date:
24 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela, Year 2021: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
30 May 2022
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2074539/2021yVenezuela_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. World Report 2023: Events of 2022.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/venezuela
Accessed Date:
24 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela's Humanitarian Emergency: Large-Scale UN Response Needed to Address Health and Food Crises
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 April 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/04/04/venezuelas-humanitarian-emergency/large-scale-un-response-needed-address-health
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Venezuela. Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2021.
Code:
OEA/SER. L/V/II.Doc. 64 rev. 1
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 May 2022
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2021/Chapters/redesca-en.PDF
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Advanced Unedited Version)
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 September 2022
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/ffmv/2022-09-20/A_HRC_51_43_AdvanceUneditedVersion.docx
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Chapter IV.B: Venezuela. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Annual Report 2021.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 May 2022
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2021/Chapters/IA2021cap4B.Venezuela-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Outcomes of the investigation into allegations of possible human right violations of the human rights to life, liberty and physical and moral integrity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
17 September 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/44/20
Accessed Date:
23 September 2020
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 June 2022
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/A_HRC_50_59_AdvanceUneditedVersion.docx
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. U.S Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Venezuela.html
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Election for President of May 20, 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2765/
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Information on the political party Justice First (Primero Justicia), including membership procedures, structure and leadership at the national level and in Maracaibo (2014-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 May 2016
URL:
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456509&pls=1
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Whether government employees are required to participate in activities that promote state policy and politicians, including those organized by pro-government groups (also known as colectivos and circulos bolivarianos); treatment of individuals...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 December 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457492
Accessed Date:
29 May 2018
Title:
The Democratic Action (Acción Democrática) political party, including ideology, objectives, structure, key positions, and leadership; requirements and procedures to become a member; appearance of membership cards; treatment by authorities (2013-June 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 June 2017
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457103
Accessed Date:
21 August 2019
Title:
About parliament. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/content/venezuela-bolivarian-republic?chamber_id=13554
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 July 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-trafficking-in-persons-report/venezuela/
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/venezuela/
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/22-00767-INCSR-2022-Vol-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Freedom on the Net 2022.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/venezuela/freedom-net/2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2021. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 64 rev. 1
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 May 2022
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2021/Chapters/rele-en.PDF
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/venezuela/
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. The Indigenous World 2022.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2022
Author:
Luis Jesús Bello; Vladimir Aguilar Castro
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/venezuela/4677-iw-2022-venezuela.html
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
URL:
http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/cartes/Venezuela/1306157
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Venezuela's Thriving Black Market for COVID-19 Vaccines
Date of Document:
30 June 2021
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuela-black-market-covid-vaccines/
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/venezuela/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Haiti and Venezuela: Status of Haitian citizens who are residents of Venezuela, including rights and obligations (2010-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 June 2018
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457509
Accessed Date:
21 June 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to become a member of the Democratic Action (Acción Democrática, AD) political party; membership cards, including description and issuing authority; locations of AD offices in Caracas (2017-March 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 March 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457749
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Treatment of members of the Primero Justicia (PJ) party [Justice First] by authorities, including instances of violence (January 2015-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 December 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456301
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Title:
Membership cards for the Justice First (Primero Justicia) political party, including content and physical characteristics; who can issue Justice First membership cards (2010-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 January 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455691&pls=1
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
Silenced by Force: Politically-Motivated Arbitrary Detentions in Venezuela
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 April 2017
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr53/6014/2017/en/
Accessed Date:
18 May 2017
Title:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/wp-content/uploads/files/datasheets/2019/VE.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2019
Title:
Treatment of suspected whistleblowers or former government employees, by the government or pro-government groups
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 May 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457042
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Venezuela Prisons: ‘Pranes' and ‘Revolutionary' Criminality
Date of Document:
September 2017
URL:
https://www.insightcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Venezuela-Prisons-Pranes-Revolutionary-Criminality.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 May 2018
Title:
Venezuela: A Police State Lashes Out Amid Covid-19
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 August 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/28/venezuela-police-state-lashes-out-amid-covid-19
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Alternative inform about the application of the Pact of Civil and Politic Rights in its 19th article
Date of Document:
June 2015
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1437049583_int-ccpr-css-ven-20711-s.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2016
Title:
Social protection and Venezuelan migration in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of COVID-19
Source:
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth et al.
Date of Document:
20 May 2021
Author:
Anna Carolina Machado et al.
URL:
https://www.unicef.org/lac/media/22271/file/Social_protection_and_Venezuelan_migration.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
The Venezuelan Exodus: The Need for a Regional Response to an Unprecedented Migration Crisis
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 September 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/03/venezuelan-exodus/need-regional-response-unprecedented-migration-crisis
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Situation of Venezuelans who have returned and are trying to return to their country in the context of COVID-19
Source:
Organization of American States
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
María Fernanda López et al.
URL:
https://www.oas.org/documents/eng/press/OAS_Venezuelan-Returnees_ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Monitoring of Voluntary Returns of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants
Source:
International Organization for Migration; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
August 2020
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2039505/Monitoramento+Retornos+-+ENG+-+FINAL+%281%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 February 2021
Title:
Availability of health care, including for persons with disabilities and older persons; treatment of persons with disabilities and older persons within the healthcare system (2021–January 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 February 2023
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458762&pls=1
Accessed Date:
27 February 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Date of Document:
20 May 2022
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CRPD/C/VEN/CO/1
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Venezuela : Le parti politique Encuentro Ciudadano
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 June 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2106_ven_parti_encuentro_ciudadano_152978_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela: A Time for Opposition Reflection and Renovation
Source:
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date of Document:
17 December 2021
Author:
Ryan C. Berg; Alexandra Winkler
URL:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/venezuela-time-opposition-reflection-and-renovation
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Venezuela. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2022. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2022/Chapters/IA2022_Anexo_RELE_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Applying the “Triple Nexus”; between Humanitarian, Development, and Peace in the Context of Migration Flows from Venezuela
Source:
Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action
Date of Document:
18 January 2022
Author:
Francisco Rey et al.
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/AD06-Applying%20the%20%E2%80%9CTriple%20Nexus%E2%80%9D%3B%20between%20Humanitarian%2C%20Development%2C%20and%20Peace%20in%20he%20Context%20of%20Migration%20Flows%20from%20Venezuela.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 February 2023
Title:
Follow-up Report on the Complex Humanitarian Emergency in Venezuela
Date of Document:
November 2023
URL:
https://humvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FOLLOW-UP-REPORT-ON-THE-COMPLEX-HUMANITARIAN-EMERGENCY-IN-VENEZUELA-2023-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela: Information for the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 139th session, 9 October – 3 November 2023
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 September 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr53/7195/2023/en/
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 September 2023
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session54/advance-versions/A_HRC_54_57_AdvancedUneditedVersion.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
The Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions of the Bolivarian National Police Corps and its relationship with the former Special Action Forces. International independent fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 September 2023
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2098752/a-hrc-54-crp-9-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
28 November 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/VEN/CO/5
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Haiti and Venezuela: Requirements and procedures for foreign nationals, particularly Haitians, to obtain and maintain residence status in Venezuela; rights and obligations of Haitian residents; circumstances leading to the loss of residence status; possibility of extending or reacquiring status if lost or expired; treatment of Haitians by society and the authorities; state protection (2021–February 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2023
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458837
Accessed Date:
24 July 2023
Title:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay: Rights of citizens of countries belonging to the Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur, MERCOSUR) to residence, employment, and education in other MERCOSUR countries (2021–April 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 April 2023
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458811
Accessed Date:
29 May 2023
Title:
Venezuela : Situation politique et répression de l'opposition
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 December 2022
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2212_ven_situation_politique_et_repression_opposition_127071_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Life detained: Politically-motivated arbitrary detentions continue in Venezuela
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 August 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AMR5370772023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
31 May 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/VEN/CO/9
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: LGBTIQ+ Persons. Protection Analysis Update: September 2023.
Source:
Global Protection Cluster
Date of Document:
19 December 2023
URL:
https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/pau23_protection_analysis_update_venezuela_september_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Tren de Aragua: From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal Enterprise
Date of Document:
October 2023
Editor:
Peter Appleby et al.
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Tren-de-Aragua-From-Prison-Gang-to-Transnational-Criminal-Enterprise-InSight-Crime-Oct-2023-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Brutal but Futile: Venezuela's Anti-Gang ‘Mega-Operations'
Date of Document:
2 March 2023
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuelas-reliance-brutal-futile-gang-crackdowns/
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela : Le groupe armé Tren de Aragua et son expansion internationale
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 March 2023
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2303_ven_le_groupe_arme_tren_de_aragua_158344_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela : Les Colectivos
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 June 2023
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2306_ven_colectivos_158082_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Rise of the Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela
Date of Document:
July 2023
Editor:
Chris Dalby et al.
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rise-of-the-Criminal-Hybrid-State-in-Venezuela-InSight-Crime-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela Security Policy: Combating Gang and Police-Driven Extortion
Date of Document:
18 October 2023
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuela-security-policy-combating-gang-police-driven-extortion/
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Venezuela's Most Wanted List Notable for Its Absences
Date of Document:
18 October 2023
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuelas-most-wanted-list-notable-for-absences/
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Is the ‘Pran' System in Venezuela's Prisons Finished?
Date of Document:
15 November 2023
URL:
https://insightcrime.org/news/pran-system-venezuelas-prisons-finished/
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
COI Query Response. Venezuela: Activities of the Bolivarian militia (January 2016–April 2023).
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
27 April 2023
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2023_04_EUAA_COI_Query_Response_Q10_Venezuela_Bolivarian%20Militia.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
International protection needs of Venezuelan nationals
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 October 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AMR5373312023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Regularization and protection: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 September 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AMR0171302023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
Title:
Bottleneck of the Americas: Crime and Migration in the Darién Gap. Latin America Report N°102.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 November 2023
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/colombia-central-america/102-bottleneck-americas-crime-and-migration
Accessed Date:
11 March 2024
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