Venezuela: International treaty status

Venezuela: International treaty status

The Constitution specifies that human rights treaties to which Venezuela is a party have constitutional rank and prevail over national legislation, provided that they contain provisions more favourable to human rights than those recognized in the Constitution and...
Venezuela: International treaty status

Venezuela: Constitutional structure

The Constitution provides that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a social and democratic State, which holds life, liberty, justice, equality, solidarity, democracy, social responsibility and the pre-eminence of human rights as superior values of its legal...
Venezuela: International treaty status

Venezuela: Legal tradition

The legal system of Venezuela is based on the civil law tradition inherited through the reception, adaptation and codification of laws introduced by Spain during the colonial period that lasted from the early 15th century until the mid 19th century. The French Civil...
Venezuela: International treaty status

Venezuela: Introduction

Venezuela is a party to many international and regional human rights treaties. However, in September 2012 Venezuela gave notice of its denunciation of the American Convention on Human Rights, effective from 10 September 2013. Judicial independence is enshrined in the...
Venezuela: International treaty status

Venezuela

Venezuela is a party to many international and regional human rights treaties. However, in September 2012 Venezuela gave notice of its denunciation of the American Convention on Human Rights, effective from 10 September 2013. Judicial independence is enshrined in the...
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