The continuing human rights crisis in Venezuela saw further reports of extrajudicial executions, excessive use of force and unlawful killings by the security forces during the year. People expressing criticism of government policies – including political activists, journalists and health workers –...

Amnesty International submits this document in response to the call for contributions to inform the thematic report on advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. This contribution focusses on...

Oral statement during the interactive dialogue on the report of the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela. We urge member states of this Council to support calls for the protection of Venezuelan civil society. We further call on Venezuela to provide unhindered access to the...

Chile had failed to fulfil its obligation to protect people who have fled Venezuela to protect their lives. On the contrary, for those people in need of international protection who manage to enter Chile, accessing refugee status or regularizing their migratory status is an obstacle course. Amnesty...

Amnesty International releases this open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in the context of his visit to Venezuela, to suggest taking into consideration issues as the closure of civic space and stigmatization of human rights defence, the release of politically...

Ecuador is the country with the third largest Venezuelan refugee population on the continent. Women, who make up about half of this population, face multiple forms of violence in different spaces, private and public. This report documents how the Ecuadorian state is failing to guarantee the rights...

Interactive dialogue on the report of the Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela during the 5st session of the UN Human Rights Council, calling on the Council to support a resolution that extends the FFM’s mandate for a minimum of two years.

Signatory civil society organizations consider it essential to renew the mandate of the FFM in full, given the impunity that still prevails in Venezuela and the persisting systematic human rights violations and abuses which require maximum international scrutiny. The FFM mechanism has advanced a...

In Colombia and Peru, the two main receiving countries for Venezuelan refugees in the Americas region, Venezuelan women face multiple forms of violence in public spaces, at home and at work. Despite this, they are denied access to justice and health services because of stereotypes related to their...

Amnesty International notes the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report and expresses concern over continuing impunity for serious human right violations and international crimes, including possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela, as well as authorities’ refusal to implement...

500 civil society organizations and 250 activists reject anti-solidarity bill that closes international cooperation in Venezuela.

The undersigned human rights organizations welcome the recent announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan, on the establishment of a decentralized office of the ICC Prosecutor’s Office in Caracas, and the declaration that the Office will work jointly with...

Oral statement delivered during the interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner on the human rights situation in Venezuela.