The electoral route: challenges and obstacles to free and fair elections in Venezuela, 2024-2025
The end of last year saw a return to the negotiation table by the Venezuelan government and the Unitary Platform, a main opposition faction. This…
Organizations call for the reconstruction of the electoral route and respect for the right to choose
A group of organizations decided to raise their voice in the framework of the celebration of Democracy Day, on January 23rd, to reaffirm their commitment…
The Venezuelan people will overcome: Statement by Venezuelan human rights organizations
Convinced that Venezuelan society will know how to find peaceful and constitutional solutions to reconquer democracy, the rule of law, equal rights, justice and economic…
Human rights at the center: Peace for Venezuela’s reflections and recommendations in the wake of the second partial agreement between the Maduro Government and the Unitary Platform
November 2022 On November 24, 2022, representatives from the government of Nicolás Maduro and the Unitary Platform announced that the negotiation process between them would…
IACHR Files Case with IA Court on Violations of Political Rights Concerning Venezuela
On April 28, 2022, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed an application concerning Venezuela with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IA Court)…
Diverse Social Sectors of the Foro Cívico Presented Agenda of Urgent Citizen Demands in Miraflores
“To question power, to present the demands of the people, to propose forms of organization for those in power to hear, in any opportunity and…
The Universal Periodic Review reveals the complexity of the political and human rights crisis in Venezuela
UN Member-States examined Venezuela’s human rights situation during the 3rd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on January 25th, 2022. The UPR is a…
Scenarios for the Venezuela investigation at the International Criminal Court: What to expect during 2022?
The year 2021 began with the news that the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute had elected British lawyer Karim Khan as the…
It is time to move forward with social and political dialogue
Venezuelans who exercised their right to vote, both in the municipal and regional elections of November 21st and in the elections to elect indigenous representation…
Civic Forum and human rights organizations on the reform of the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice
On December 30, the National Assembly (AN) elected in 2020 approved a draft reform of the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ)…