Venezuela

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The Mission’s findings are based on 177 interviewsincluding many with justice system actors

Venezuela's justice system aiding repression: Human rights probe

16 September 2021
Human Rights

The independence of Venezuela’s justice system has been “deeply eroded”, to such an extent that it plays a significant role in the State’s repression of government opponents, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday.   

A mother brings her young girl to a medical appointment at a health centre in Caracas, Venezuela.
© UNICEF/Alejandra Pocaterra

Lifesaving help needed for Venezuela cancer patients hit by US sanctions

21 July 2021
Human Rights

Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of United States sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company, Petroleum of Venezuela.

Venezuelan refugees make their way to the Colombian border town of La Guajira.
PAHO/Karen González Abril

Continuing Venezuela exodus and COVID-19 highlights need for global solidarity for most vulnerable

11 June 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis, urgently need greater support from the international community, UN humanitarians said on Friday, ahead of a donor conference hosted by Canada next week.

Migrants cross from Venezuela into Cucuta, Colombia.
© UNICEF/Santiago Arcos

Deadly shipwreck off Venezuela underscores need for safe migration pathways, protection

26 April 2021
Migrants and Refugees

The latest shipwreck in the Caribbean has highlighted the need for safe migration pathways, particularly in the COVID-19 era when many borders remain closed, two UN agencies said on Monday. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, food kits are delivered to prioritized communities in Venezuela.
© UNICEF/Alajandra Pocaterra

World Food Programme reaches deal to supply food to 185,000 children in Venezuela

20 April 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to begin operations to provide the most vulnerable children in the South American country with nutritious school meals, it announced on Tuesday.

A Venezuelan family who fled violence now shelters in Cucuta, Colombia.
©UNICEF/Arcos

Stop criminalizing civil society, UN rights experts urge Venezuelan authorities 

18 February 2021
Human Rights

United Nations independent human rights experts called on Thursday for the authorities in Venezuela to stop “continuous and increasing” attacks and intimidation against civil society organizations and journalists in the country.

The health and well-being of millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants is being threatened by COVID-19.
IOM/Muse Mohammed

UN chief welcomes Colombia’s ‘act of solidarity’ with 1.7 million Venezuelans

9 February 2021
Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations Secretary-General, on Monday, applauded the announcement by the President of Colombia that the country will provide temporary protection to all Venezuelans in its territory. 

Venezuelan refugee children play at a shelter in Manaus, Brazil.
© UNHCR/Felipe Irnaldo

$1.44 billion plan to respond to Venezuela refugee and migrant needs

10 December 2020
Migrants and Refugees

In a $1.4 billion appeal launched on Thursday, the UN migration organization IOM and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that the pandemic has strained the capacity of Latin American and Caribbean countries to look after Venezuelan nationals.

This family fled violence in Venezuela and moved to Cucuta, Colombia. File photo (April 2019).
©UNICEF/Arcos

Venezuela abuses amounted to crimes against humanity: UN-appointed panel

16 September 2020
Human Rights

Grave rights violations against anti-government protesters in Venezuela, “amounted to crimes against humanity”, UN-appointed rights investigators said in their first report on abuses inside the Latin American nation.

A sample of gold taken from a mine.
© UNICEF/Claudia Berger

Venezuela: UN report highlights criminal control of mining area, and wider justice concerns

15 July 2020
Human Rights

The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard reports of serious exploitation and abuse of children and indigenous communities in Venezuela, where mining for gold and other minerals is booming.