Venezuela

Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Regional Court
Not party to a court
Regional Organisations
Organisation of American States
Regional engagement SCORE
Legal System
Civil
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
Not Party
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
Not Party
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
Not Party
1966 ICCPR
10 May 1978
1930 Forced Labour Convention
20 November 1944
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
16 November 1964
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
26 October 2005
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
13 May 2002
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
07 June 2000

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
Provisions related to slavery are found in the Constitution at article 54 which declares that no person shall be subjected to slavery and the Penal Code which criminalises reducing a person to slavery and intervening in the slave trade under article 174.
Provisions related to institutions and practices similar to slavery are found in the Penal Code which criminalises subjecting a person to a condition similar to slavery under article 174.
Provisions related to servitude are found in the Constitution at article 54 which declares that no person shall be subjected to servitude.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Venezuela which prohibits forced labouralthough coercion is criminalised under article 176 of the Penal Code and article 38 of the Protection of Children and Adolescents law prohibits forced labour of children and adolescents.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the Constitution which declares that traffic in persons in any form, shall be subjected to penalties prescribed by law. The Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence criminalises trafficking in women and girls under articles 55 and 56, and the 2005 Law on Organised Crime criminalises trafficking as part of an organised crime group, requiring international movement. 

Legislative Provisions

AWAD REPORT

CONSTITUTION OF VENEZUELA

PENAL CODE

LAW AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME AND TERRORIST FINANCING 2005 (REV. 2012)

LAW ON THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE 2007

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS LAW

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