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Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Monday alleging the Venezuelan government is using a systemic campaign of enforced disappearances to persecute political opponents.
The report follows 15 people who disappeared between the July 2024 election and June 2025, 11 of whom still have their whereabouts unknown. Those detained were predominantly critics of the Venezuelan government, such as protestors, journalists, activists, members of opposition parties, as well as a number of foreigners accused of plotting against the state.
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance(CPED) and the The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearances of Persons, both of which which Venezuela is a signatory of, outlines three requirements for the crime of enforced disappearance: the depravation of ones liberty, by the state or state-apparatus, and the subsequent refusal of the state to acknowledge or provide information about the detention. Within this framework, AI concludes that Venezuelan authorities are conducting “a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population in Venezuela, finding that crimes against humanity had been committed since at least 2014.”
In 2019, AI released a similar report outlining the systemic and widespread use of excessive violence by the Venezuelan state against its perceived opponent,s which could amount to crimes against humanity. This includes arbitrary detention, torture, and extrajudicial executions. The United Nations Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also released a report in February 2025 urging Venezuela to end its enforced disappearance campaign and respect international law.
AI urges the International Criminal Court and Venezuelan national courts to investigate and prosecute those responsible “up to the highest authorities.”
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The report follows 15 people who disappeared between the July 2024 election and June 2025, 11 of whom still have their whereabouts unknown. Those detained were predominantly critics of the Venezuelan government, such as protestors, journalists, activists, members of opposition parties, as well as a number of foreigners accused of plotting against the state.
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance(CPED) and the The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearances of Persons, both of which which Venezuela is a signatory of, outlines three requirements for the crime of enforced disappearance: the depravation of ones liberty, by the state or state-apparatus, and the subsequent refusal of the state to acknowledge or provide information about the detention. Within this framework, AI concludes that Venezuelan authorities are conducting “a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population in Venezuela, finding that crimes against humanity had been committed since at least 2014.”
In 2019, AI released a similar report outlining the systemic and widespread use of excessive violence by the Venezuelan state against its perceived opponent,s which could amount to crimes against humanity. This includes arbitrary detention, torture, and extrajudicial executions. The United Nations Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also released a report in February 2025 urging Venezuela to end its enforced disappearance campaign and respect international law.
AI urges the International Criminal Court and Venezuelan national courts to investigate and prosecute those responsible “up to the highest authorities.”
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