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November 20, 2021 Commentary

EU Election Monitors Can Play a Crucial Role in Venezuela

November 3, 2021 News Release

Venezuela: ICC Investigation Opens

Maduro Atrocities to Receive International Judicial Scrutiny

November 3, 2021 Commentary

How the Crisis Endangers Breast Cancer Patients

One of the most common kinds of cancer among women is extremely difficult to prevent and treat in Venezuela and it has a severe impact on thousands of people

Cancer patients, survivors and their relatives protest against the lack of medicines and medical supplies in hospitals, in front of the headquarters of the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS) in Caracas, on August 23, 2019.

September 24, 2021 Statement

Venezuela: Joint Statement from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch at the UN Human Rights Council

International Justice Required in the Face of Persistent Impunity

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.

September 2, 2021 Commentary

Venezuela: A Successful Political Negotiation Needs a Human Rights Agenda

Believe or not, there are reasons for both sides to include human rights in the Mexico talks

Jorge Rodriguez, left, representing the Maduro government, shakes hands with Venezuelan opposition delegate Gerardo Blyde Perez, in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.

August 30, 2021 News Release

Venezuela: Human Rights Agenda for Political Negotiation

End Repression, Overhaul Judiciary, Free Political Prisoners, Allow Humanitarian Aid

Head of the Venezuelan opposition delegation Gerardo Blyde, Kingdom of Norway representative Dag Nylander, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, and Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard during the Inauguration of the Negotiation and Dialogue Process and Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding of Venezuela, at the National Museum of Anthropology on August 13, 2021, in Mexico City.

July 28, 2021 News Release

Chile: Rulings Uphold Rights of Deported Venezuelans

End Summary Deportations; Respect Due Process

Venezuelan migrants board a plane as they are being deported from Chile, at the General Diego Aracena Aguilar International Airport in Iquique, Chile, on February 10, 2021.

July 21, 2021 Statement

Venezuela, the International Criminal Court, and Impunity

July 15, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

July 8, 2021 Impact

Putting Venezuela’s Crisis on the International Agenda

Reports Have Helped Spotlight Abuses Including During the Covid-19 Pandemic

A man kneels in front of police blocking a march called by opposition political leader Juan Guaido in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

July 6, 2021 Statement

Systematic Abuses in Venezuela under UN Scrutiny

HRW Statement - Item 4 ID on the High Commissioner's report on Venezuela

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro holds a copy of the constitution during his annual address to the nation before lawmakers at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

April 29, 2021 Commentary

Atrocities at the Colombia-Venezuela border

People disembark in Colombia after fleeing Venezuela's Apure state due to a Venezuelan military operation against armed groups in the region, as well as egregious abuses by Venezuelan security forces.

April 26, 2021 Report

Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border

Extrajudicial Executions, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture in Anti-Guerrilla Operation

April 23, 2021 Dispatches

World Food Program Set to Help Venezuelan Children

Nutrition Aid is Essential to Address Food Insecurity, Malnutrition

A girl reaches for a tangerine at a soup kitchen in Petare, Venezuela, February 27, 2020.