Citizenship and Country Documents
- State Department - Country Documents
- Canada Responses to Information Requests
- VEN101087.FE - Obtaining permanent resident status and the rights associated with that status (2005 - February 2006) - March 2006
- VEN101126.FE - Procedures required for a person married to a Venezuelan to obtain Venezuelan citizenship; whether steps can be taken outside Venezuela or whether the person married to the Venezuelan must be living in Venezuela when applying for citizenship; personal documents that must be submitted during the procedures; the freedom of the Venezuelan authorities to accept or reject an application (2005 - February 2006) - Feb. 2006
- VEN100306.E - Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent (2003-July 2005) - July 2005
- Department of Labor - Finding on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2021, 2020, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- VEN41656.E - Government organization for the protection of minors, specifically in cases of sexual exploitation, and the way in which a person can report to authorities a case of sexual exploitation (i.e. using minors for pornographic videos)2003. - June 2003
- Coalition to stop the use of Child Soldiers - Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Immigration and Refugee Board (RIRs)
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VEN105297.E Venezuela: Police corruption at the Pariaguán municipal police station in the Miranda district; police corruption at the Freites municipal police station, including in connection to the Director (2014-August 2015) - Aug. 2015
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Non-Government Organization Reports
- International Crisis Group
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Containing the Shock Waves from Venezuela - Mar. 2018
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- InSight Crime
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Venezuela: A Mafia State? - June 2018
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- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- VEN43006.E - Venezuela: The results of the recall referendum and any reports of violence that may have occurred during or after the referendum (15 August 2004-15 September 2004) - Sept. 2004
- Election Guide - Recent Elections
- Minority Rights Group International - State of the Worlds Minorities - 2016
- Minority Rights Group International: Peoples Under Threat - 2020
- World Directory of Minorities - Overview
- World Directory of Minorities - Waro and Karina
- World Directory of Minorities - Wayuu'
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- VEN100186.E - Venezuela: Domestic violence, including legislation, recourse and services available to victims (2003-June 2005). - July 2005
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Profiles
- Unprotected in Ecuador: Venezuelan refugee women survivors of gender-based violence - Nov. 2022
- State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
- Congressional Research Service
- Venezuela: Background and U.S. Policy - June 2018
- Venezuela: The Venezuela Regional Humanitarian Crisis and COVID-19 - Sept 2020
- Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy - April 2022
- Amnesty International
- Human Rights Lose Whilest Impunity Prevails - July 2021
- Welcome Venezuela - 2019
- Authorities must free human rights defender Orlando Moreno - April 2021
- Human Rights Watch
- International Crisis Group
- Containing the Shock Waves from Venezuela. March 2018
- Freedom House
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- VEN101085.FE - Venezuela: Description of organized crime or its operations; whether the government has taken measures against organized crime; measures taken by the government to guarantee the safety of witnesses to crimes (2004 - February 2006) - March 2006
- Amnesty International
- Silenced by Force: Politically-Motivated Arbitrary Detentions in Venezuela - 2017
- Human Rights Watch
- The Guerrillas Are the Police - Jan 2020
- International Crisis Group
- Venezuela:Edge of the Precipice - June 2016
- CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Congressional Research Service - Venezuela: U.S. Indictment of Top Venezuelan Officials - April 2020
- Congressional Research Service - Venezuela: International Efforts to Resolve the Political Crisis - May 2021
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
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VEN106031.FE Venezuela: Treatment by the authorities and pro-government groups of failed refugee claimants who return to the country (2016-December 2017). Jan. 2018
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Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Profiles
- Unprotected in Ecuador: Venezuelan refugee women survivors of gender-based violence - Nov. 2022
- International Crisis Group
- Hard Times in a Safe Haven: Protecting Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia - Aug.2022
- State Department International Religious Freedom Report - 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, July - Dec. 2010, 2010
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Oil Market Effects from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Iran, Russia, Venezuela - Feb. 2020
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- VEN42695.FE - Venezuela: Current situation of employees of the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) who were discharged following their participation in strikes during December 2002 and April 2003; work reintegration; access to the public service and the private sector; whether private companies are instructed not to hire workers fired by PDVSA; remedies undertaken by unions to reinstate strikers in their former positions; whether strikers are targeted by harassment. - May 2004
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- VEN101127.FE - Venezuela: Whether Colombian guerrillas are present in Venezuela and whether they are involved in kidnappings, particularly in Caracas and in other cities, or in the eastern part of the country; measures taken by the Venezuelan authorities against the guerrillas (2004 - February 2006) - Feb 2006
- Trafficking in Persons Report - Venezuela - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
- State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
- Congressional Research Service
- Latin America - Terrorism Issues - Dec. 2016
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch - Crackdown on Dissent: Brutality, Torture, and Political Persecution in Venezuela - Nov. 2017