Library Research Guides: Albright Institute: 8: Sanctions and Human Rights in Venezuela

Background and Context

Preliminary findings of the visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights
February 2021 statement from U.N. Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan on the impact of sanctions on Venezuela.
Venezuela: Overview of U.S. Sanctions
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report from 2023.
The United States of Sanctions: The Use and Abuse of Economic Coercion
The article analyzes the use and abuse of economic sanctions to address foreign policy problem by the U.S.
Colombia is letting hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans stay. What can other countries learn?
2021 article on a possible solution to the human rights situation in Venezuela.
HRW Report on Venezuela
World Report 2023 from Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Venezuela.
Amnesty International Report
Amnesty International's 2022 report on Venezuela.

UN Data This link opens in a new window
Search 55 million data points from across the UN system, covering economic, social, financial and development data, 1945 to present.

CIA World Factbook
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Sage Data (formerly Data Planet) This link opens in a new window
An extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data. Datasets cover a wide range of subjects — including business, finance, banking, economics, sociology, political science, demography, agriculture, education, international studies, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy resources and industries, and more.

International Organization for Migration
Established in 1951, IOM is the UN Migration Agency and leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.
WorldPop
WorldPop is an interdisciplinary applied research group focusing primarily on supporting improvement of the spatial demographic evidence base and the use of these data for health and development applications, including addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. Its mission is to enable decision makers to harness the power of spatial demographic data through high quality applied research, to achieve a vision of a world where everyone, everywhere is counted in decision making.
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals (2023)
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2023 presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured.

Human Rights Watch
Human rights NGO. This link takes you to their page on Venezuela.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. We represent the world's commitment to the promotion and protection of the full range of human rights and freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Organization of American States (OAS)
The OAS is the world’s oldest regional organization. The Organization uses a four-pronged approach to effectively implement its essential purposes, based on its main pillars: democracy, human rights, security, and development. This link takes you to their Human Rights topic page.
Amnesty International
Human rights NGO. This link takes you to their page on Venezuela.

Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide range of public policy topics, linking to reports and papers from think tanks, NGOs, and research organizations, 1990 to present. *Results for the search: Venezuela AND "human rights".
PAIS Index - Public Affairs Information Service This link opens in a new window
Articles chronicling the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics, 1915 to present, including policy-oriented literature of subjects such as economics, finance, law, education, the military, political science, public administration, international law and relations, the environment, demography, public health, science and technology, and reports and commentary on public affairs from the serious general press. *Results for the search: Venezuela AND sanctions AND "human rights".

Policy Commons
Policy Commons is a collection of research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. This link takes you to results for the search: Venezuela AND sanctions AND "human rights".

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