Venezuela: Information on the findings of a Congressional Human Rights Group Sub-Commission's investigation of the Catia prison riot of November 1992, including when the investigation began and ended, and who testified before the Commission
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VEN26123.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Venezuela: Information on the findings of a Congressional Human Rights Group Sub-Commission's investigation of the Catia prison riot of November 1992, including when the investigation began and ended, and who testified before the Commission, 1 April 1997, VEN26123.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abf488.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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In a 4 April 1997 telephone interview with the DIRB, a lawyer with the State Prosecutor Human Rights Directorate (Dirección de los Derechos Humanos de la Fiscalía General) in Caracas stated that she had no knowledge of a Congressional Human Rights Group Sub-Commission report on the investigation of the Catia prison riot. The lawyer stated that she had made inquiries on the above-mentioned subject to Congressional Human Rights Group Sub-Commission President Vladimir Villegas who stated that he was uncertain as to whether Commission findings of the Catia prison riot investigation even existed (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Dirección de los Derechos Humanos de la Fiscalía General, Caracas. 4 April 1997. Telephone interview with lawyer.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International. 10 November 1993. Venezuela: The Eclipse of Human Rights.
Andean Newsletter. 1992-1997.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1993-1996.
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 1993. 1994.
DIRB Country File. 1992-1997.
Human Rights Watch World Report. 1993-1997.
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992.
The Europa World Year Book 1996. 1996.
Keesing's Record on World Events [Cambridge]. 1992-1993.
Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA). November 1996. Situación de los derechos humanos en Venezuela: Informe anual septiembre 1995-octubre 1996.
_____. November 1995. Situación de los derechos humanos en Venezuela: Informe anual septiembre 1994-octubre 1995.
_____. November 1994. Situación de los derechos humanos en Venezuela: Informe anual septiembre 1993-octubre 1994.
_____. November 1993. Situación de los derechos humanos en Venezuela: Informe anual septiembre 1992-octubre 1993
Two sources consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.
On-line search of news articles. (NEXIS and Internet)