Venezuela

Human Rights in BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

Le Fil. Février/Mars 2009
1 February 2009

Le Fil. Février/Mars 2009

Document       NWS 21/001/2009

Venezuela: Attacking American Convention on Human Rights ...
15 January 2009

By rejecting a ruling by the Inter American Court of Human Rights and calling on the government to reject the American Convention on Human Rights, the Venezuelan ...

Press Release      

Human Rights Defender in Venezuela: José Luis Urbano | Amnesty ...
9 December 2008

José Luis Urbano is the president of the Foundation for the Defence ofthe Right to Education (Asociación Pro-Defensa del Derecho a laEducación.

Story      

Venezuela: Violence in the family in Venezuela: Case of Alexandra ...
19 November 2008

VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY IN VENEZUELA. Case of Alexandra Hidalgo. I thought that it was going to be like when other couples got divorced ...

Document       AMR 53/007/2008

Venezuela: Defending the right to education in Venezuela: José ...
9 November 2008

The Foundation for the Defence of the Right to Education is an NGO working to promote and defend the right to free education for all as it is enshrined in Venezuela ...

Document       AMR 53/005/2008

The Wire, September 2008. Vol 38, No. 8
1 September 2008

1) Escaping prisoners killed in cold blood in Cameroon 2) Denying the undeniable: enforced disappearances in Pakistan 3) Fears of forced returns to Eritrea 4) Arrest ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/008/2008

Venezuela: Further Information on Death threats/ harassment ...
29 July 2008

Human rights defender Jose Luis Urbano has been threatened as a result of his work as president of the non-governmental organization Fundación Pro-Defensa del Derecho ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/004/2008

Venezuela must implement new law on violence against women ...
17 July 2008

Amnesty International urges authorities to show thepolitical will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law will not just exist on paper.

Report Abstract      

Venezuela: Ending domestic violence in Venezuela (summary report)
16 July 2008

This document is a summary of the report at AMR 53/001/2008. The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped ...

Report       AMR 53/002/2008

Venezuela: "The law is there, let's use it" Ending domestic ...
16 July 2008

The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped strengthen women’s access to their human rights in Venezuela ...

Report       AMR 53/001/2008