Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

The move was a sharp escalation of tensions with the international community following the arrest of a prominent human rights activist in the country.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency's chief said Friday, months after the government of President ...

UN human rights office resumes activities in Venezuela despite Maduro clash Commissioner Volker Turk reiterated he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the violence following Venezuela’s contested ...

UN secretary-general 'reiterates that he is deeply concerned about reports of the arbitrary detention of opposition figures, ...

The fallout from Venezuela’s presidential election continued this week as the United Nations Human Rights Council announced it was launching an investigation into the controversial election over ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela has partially resumed operations in recent weeks. That’s according to the agency’s chief. Volker Türk made the ...

The top United Nations human rights watchdog has ordered Venezuela to avoid destroying tally sheets as it opens an investigation into allegations that President Nicolás Maduro stole this summer ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency's chief said Friday, months after the government of President ...