Ahead of the Speak Up for Justice panel, JURIST Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas spoke with Judge Eleazar Javier ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

The number of women killed in conflict doubled in 2023, underscoring the devastating impact of war on civilians. At the same time, women remain underrepresented in peace processes—despite evidence ...

In Venezuela's oil capital of Maracaibo, a drilling frenzy has led to dozens of new wells -- but the valuable liquid being pumped out is just water, not petroleum.

Following concerns raised by the United States, Guyana last evening notified that it was putting measures in place to tackle gold being smuggled here from Venezuela to mix with this country’s ...

UK Addresses Venezuela Human Rights at UN Council UK Gov UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Bolivarian Republic of ...

STORY: :: June 26, 2026:: Apartaderos, Venezuela:: Flooding after heavy rain devastates a townin Venezuela's western Merida state“It washed away my whole house. I couldn’t recover anything ...

Pedro Urruchurtu recounts life in Venezuela Urruchurtu is one of five members of the Venezuelan opposition who took refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas for more than 400 days.

Eighty-two year-old poet and activist Aníbal Isturdes finds in the trees of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, a constant source of inspiration for both his verses and the literary workshop he leads every ...

In Venezuela, torture is part of a systematic pattern of state repression against persons arbitrarily detained for political reasons or for their work in the defense of human rights. According to ...

Iran’s crushing defeat on the battlefield has surely set off alarm bells within the regimes of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. It showed them that when the chips are down, Moscow and Beijing may ...