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Table 1 Human Rights violations and Venezuelan participation

From: Cross-border COVID-19 spread amidst malaria re-emergence in Venezuela: a human rights analysis

Human Rights

Articles in Treaties, Conventions, Resolutions

Venezuelan Constitutional Inclusion of Rights violated

Right to life

CRC, Art. 6; CRPD, Art. 10; UNDIRP, Art. 7 (1); ICCPR, Art., 6

Title I: Fundamental Principles, Art 2.

Title III: Of Human Rights, Protections and Responsibilities. Chapter 1: General Dispositions. Section2, Chapter 3: Of the Civil Rights, Art. 43.

Right not to be discriminated against

UDHR, 1948, Art 2; CEDAW, 4; CRC, 23; UNDRIP, 2, CRPD, 4; ICCPR, Art. 2; CMWF, Art. 7, 28

Title III: Of Human Rights, Protections and Responsibilities. Chapter 1: General Dispositions. Art 19 (no discrimination), Art. 20 (Free develpment of personality) and Art. 21 (right not to be discriminated against).

Title III, Section 2: Of the Popular Referendum, Chapter 5: Of Social Rights and Families, Art. 88 (equality between men and women), Art. 89, 95 (no discrimination in work).

Right to health

UDHR, Art.25; ICESCR, 12; CRC, 24; CEDAW, 12; UNDRIP, 24; CRPD, 25; CEAFRD, Art. 5 (e.iv); CMWF, 28

Title III, Section 2: Of the Popular Referendum, Chapter 5: Of Social Rights and Families, Art. 83 (right to health), Art. 86 (Right to social security).

Title IV: Of Public Power, Section 5, Chapter 4: Of Municipal Public Power, Art. 178 (5).

Right to work

UDHR, Art. 23 (1, 3); ICESCR, Arts. 6,7; CEAFRD, Art. 5 (e.i)

Title III, Section 2: Of the Popular Referendum, Chapter 5: Of Social Rights and Families, Art. 89 (right to work)

Right to housing

UDHR, 25; ICESCR, 11 (1); CEAFRD, Art. 5 (e.iii)

Title III, Section 2: Of the Popular Referendum, Chapter 5: Of Social Rights and Families, Art. 82.

Right of special protectiona

For mothers: ISECSR, Art. 10 (2,3)

Children: ICCPR, Art 24

Indigenous populations: UNDRIP, Art. 22

Title III, Section 2: Of the Popular Referendum, Chapter 5: Of Social Rights and Families, Art. 76: Focus on maternal and child health protection. Art. 78: Focus on children.

Title III, Section 2:Chapter 8: Of the rights of indigenous peoples. Arts. 119–126.

Right to information

ICESCR, Art 12(a,b,c,d)

Title III: Of Human Rights, Protections and Responsibilities. Chapter 1: General Dispositions.Art. 28 (access to information).

Title III, Section2, Chapter 3: Of the Civil Rights. Art. 58: Right to information for all. Focus on children.

Title III: Of Human Rights, Protections and Responsibilities. Chapter 6: Of Cultural and Educational Rights, Art. 108 (State supported of communication networks, social media and cultural means of information).

Right to a healthy environment

Indigenous populations: UNDRIP, Art. 29 (1,2,3)

Convention on the Rights of Mother Earth (2016)

Title III, Section 2: Of Popular Referendum, Chapter 7: Of Economic Rights, Art. 112

Title III, Section 2:Chapter 9: Of environmental rights. Arts. 127–129.

Title IV: Of Public Power, Section 5, Chapter 4: Of Municipal Public Power, Art. 178 (4).

  1. aGranted to groups that have been historically and/or socially discriminated against