Open AccessOverview of Human Rights in Venezuela
Author(s) -
Omaira Bolívar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
politeja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6737
pISSN - 1733-6716
DOI - 10.12797/politeja.10.2013.24.17
Subject(s) - impunity , human rights , independence (probability theory) , democracy , political science , politics , state (computer science) , executive power , political economy , law and economics , law , sociology , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
Formally constituted as a democracy, Venezuela has experienced a significant deterioration in the situation of human rights during the last decade. Such deterioration is partly due to an increasing concentration of power in the Executive branch which is reflected in the lack of independence of other branches of the State. The lack of independence – particularly in the judiciary and its subsidiary bodies – results in an increasing impunity in human rights related crimes. The present paper shows how the institutional framework has been dismantled and converted into a tool of a political project, with negative effects on human rights.