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March 12, 2020 Commentary

Venezuela’s Health Care Crisis Now Poses a Global Threat

Relatives of patients that are treated at the University Hospital wait in front of the building in Barquisimeto, Venezuela on April 24, 2019.

February 4, 2020 Report

Venezuela: Violent Abuses in Illegal Gold Mines

Credible Allegations of Government Involvement, Acquiescence

January 22, 2020 News Release

Colombia/Venezuela: Armed Groups Control Lives at Border

Killings, Forced Labor, Child Recruitment

December 20, 2019 Commentary

Older Venezuelans Also Deserve to Rebuild Their Lives Abroad

United Nations refugee agency housing units in one of its shelters in Boa Vista, Roraima state, October 20, 2019.

December 18, 2019 Statement

Accountability key to addressing rights crisis in Venezuela HRW statement on High Commissioner’s oral update

Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Montserrat listens during the opening of the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on September 11, 2017.

December 6, 2019 Dispatches

Brazil Grants Asylum to 21,000 Venezuelans in a Single Day

Decision Based on Reports of Severe Human Rights Abuses in Venezuela

Venezuelan children play in a refugee shelter in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, August 26, 2018.

December 5, 2019 News Release

Brazil: Venezuelan Children Fleeing Alone

Inadequate Protection by Brazilian Authorities

Pedro M., 12, inside the housing unit where he lives with his sister Mariana, 13, at a UN shelter in Roraima in October 2019. Photo by César Muñoz

October 28, 2019 Commentary

Venezuela's Infiltration of the UN Human Rights Council

October 15, 2019 News Release

UN: Defeat Venezuela in Human Rights Council Election

Several Problematic Candidates Vie for Seats on Top Rights Body

A view of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, October 1, 2018.

October 14, 2019 Commentary

Don’t Let Venezuela Join the United Nations Human Rights Council

The Exiles: A Trip to the Border Highlights Venezuela’s Devastating Humanitarian Crisis

October 10, 2019 News Release

UN: Venezuela Unfit for Rights Council Seat

54 Groups Highlight Its Abysmal Human Rights Record

Members the National Police Action Force, or FAES, an elite commando unit created for anti-gang operations, patrol the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela.

October 10, 2019 Statement

Venezuela Fails to Meet Criteria for UN Human Rights Council Membership

Colombian police officers stand in front of people queueing to try to cross into Colombia from Venezuela through the Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia. January 24, 2018.

October 4, 2019 News Release

UN: Deny Venezuela Human Rights Council Seat

Costa Rica, Also Running, Offers Rights-Respecting Alternative

Riot police clash with anti-government demonstrators in the neighborhood of Los Mecedores, in Caracas, on January 21, 2019.

September 27, 2019 News Release

Venezuela: UN Creates Independent Investigative Body

Important Step Toward Accountability for Rights Violations

Voting record of the resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on Venezuela, Geneva, September 27, 2019.

September 25, 2019 Dispatches

Don’t Be Fooled by Venezuela’s Seeming Change of Heart

UN Human Rights Council Should Create an Independent Fact-Finding Mission

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