Situation of Venezuelan Migrants, Subject of a Thematic Hearing before the IACHR in the Dominican Republic

May 9, 2018.- Civil society organizations that work on migration issues from a human rights perspective invite the press to take part in the hearing "Human rights situation of Venezuelan persons in the context of human mobility in the Americas," within the framework of the 168th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which will take place in the Dominican Republic from May 3 to 11, 2018.

This thematic hearing, which will take place on Friday the 11th at 11:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the Dominican capital, was called by a collective of organizations based in Venezuela, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States, with the purpose of making visible the violation of "the human rights of Venezuelan persons in human mobility throughout the American continent and the Caribbean," as well as "illustrating to the IACHR the urgent need to make every possible effort to ensure that the countries of the region not only understand the seriousness of the situation in the country of origin, but also the importance of respecting and protecting the rights of Venezuelan persons who are on their territory."

Civil society organizations have also committed to sharing with the Commission their fieldwork experiences with the Venezuelan population on the move or residing in the different receiving countries in the Caribbean, North America, Central America, and South America.

The convening organizations are the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Jesuit Refugee Service for Latin America and the Caribbean (JRS LAC), Jesuit Migrant Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (RJM LAC), Asylum Access, Amnesty International, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Centre for Migration Observation and Social Development in the Caribbean (OBMICA), International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights, Programa Venezolano de Educacion-Accion en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA), Human Rights Center of the Andres Bello Catholic University (CDH UCAB), Vicarage of Human Rights of Caracas, Justice and Peace Commission of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Asociacion Civil Movimiento Vinotinto, Consultoria Para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento Forzado (CODHES), National Secretariat of Social Pastoral Caritas Colombia, Jesuit Refugee Service Colombia - JRS Colombia, Conectas Direitos Humanos, Servico Jesuita a Migrantes e Refugiados-SJMR Brasil, Mision Scalabriniana Ecuador, Encuentros-Servicio Jesuita de la Solidaridad, Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants (CAREF), Migrants and Refugees Legal Clinic of the Human Rights Center at Diego Portales University, Sin Fronteras IAP, Asociacion de Consultores y Asesores Internacionales (ACAI), and Living Water Community.

Thematic hearing: "Human rights situation of Venezuelan persons in the context of human mobility in the Americas"

168th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Place: Room B, Hotel Crowne Plaza, Santo Domingo.
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.