Last Update: October 2021
Institutional Framework Database for Social Policy
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

 

 

Legal and regulatory dimension
Adherence, signing, and ratification of covenants, conventions, and agreements related to economic, social, and cultural rights
Ratified/Adhered to     Signed     Without Signature / Ratification
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racism Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women Convention on the Rights of the Child International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Constituent Agreement of the Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean
10 May 1978 10 October 1967 24 September 2013 2 May 1983 13 September 1990 4 October 2011 13 May 2002
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The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and its Optional Protocol are the international instruments for the Universal Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulate the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights. The Covenant was approved by the United Nations General Assembly with resolution 2200 A (XXI) on December 16th, 1966 and became effective in 1976.

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The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racism is the international instrument of the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations, explicitly directed towards the elimination of any kind of racial discrimination. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly with resolution 2106 (XX) on December 21st, 1965 and became effective in 1969.

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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the international instrument of the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulates the protection of human rights for persons with disabilities, explicitly mentioning a social development perspective. In this Convention a broad classification of persons with disabilities are considered, and it reaffirms that all people with all kinds of disabilities should be able to enjoy all their fundamental human rights and liberties. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13th, 2006.

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The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women is the international instrument of the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulates the protection of rights of women. It defines acts that constitute discrimination against women and describes the nature of State obligations through laws, public policy, and programs that the State should develop to eliminate discrimination. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18th, 1979.

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the international instrument used by the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that recognizes the articulated rights of the child on the basis of four fundamental principles: no discrimination, best interests of the child, the right to life, livelihood and development, and the respect of the child’s opinion. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20th, 1989.

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The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families is the international instrument used by the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulates the protection of rights of migrant persons and their families, regardless of their migration status. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18th, 1990.

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The Constituent Agreement of the Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean is the international instrument used by the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that advises governments in assuming responsibility for developing, with the participation of indigenous populations, a coordinated and systematic action plan with the aim of protecting the rights of these populations and guaranteeing the respect of their integrity. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on June 27th, 1989.

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Constitutional Mention of Sectoral Topics
Explicit Mention      Indirect/Implicit Mention     Does not mention

Year of Latest Observed Constitution

Social Housing

Work and Social Security

Public Health

Public Education

Social Development

Children and Adolescents

Youth/Young Adults

Women

Older Persons

Persons with Disabilities

Afrodecendants and Indigenous Peoples

Migrants

1999
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Artículo 82. Toda persona tiene derecho a una vivienda adecuada, segura, cómoda, higiénicas, con servicios básicos esenciales que incluyan un hábitat que humanice las relaciones familiares, vecinales y comunitarias.

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Artículo 86. Toda persona tiene derecho a la seguridad social como servicio público de carácter no lucrativo, que garantice la salud y asegure protección en contingencias de maternidad, paternidad, enfermedad, invalidez, enfermedades catastróficas, discapacidad, necesidades especiales, riesgos laborales, pérdida de empleo, desempleo, vejez, viudedad, orfandad, vivienda, cargas derivadas de la vida familiar y cualquier otra circunstancia de previsión social.

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Artículo 83. La salud es un derecho social fundamental, obligación del Estado, que lo garantizará como parte del derecho a la vida.

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Artículo 102. La educación es un derecho humano y un deber social fundamental, es democrática, gratuita y obligatoria.

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The latest constitutional text revised for this country does not present any explicit on indirect mentions for this sectoral topic in particular.

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Artículo 78. Los niños, niñas y adolescentes son sujetos plenos de derecho y estarán protegidos por la legislación, órganos y tribunales especializados, los cuales respetarán, garantizarán y desarrollarán los contenidos de esta Constitución, la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y demás tratados internacionales que en esta materia haya suscrito y ratificado la República.

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Artículo 79. Los jóvenes y las jóvenes tienen el derecho y el deber de ser sujetos activos del proceso de desarrollo.

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(?) Artículo 88. El Estado garantizará la igualdad y equidad de hombres y mujeres en el ejercicio del derecho al trabajo.

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Artículo 80. El Estado garantizará a los ancianos y ancianas el pleno ejercicio de sus derechos y garantías.

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Artículo 81. Toda persona con discapacidad o necesidades especiales tiene derecho al ejercicio pleno y autónomo de sus capacidades y a su integración familiar y comunitaria.

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Artículo 119. El Estado reconocerá la existencia de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas, su organización social, política y económica, sus culturas, usos y costumbres, idiomas y religiones, así como su hábitat y derechos originarios sobre las tierras que ancestral y tradicionalmente ocupan y que son necesarias para desarrollar y garantizar sus formas de vida. Corresponderá al Ejecutivo Nacional, con la participación de los pueblos indígenas, demarcar y garantizar el derecho a la propiedad colectiva de sus tierras, las cuales serán inalienables, imprescriptibles, inembargables e intransferibles de acuerdo con lo establecido en esta Constitución y en la ley.

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Artículo 19. El Estado garantizará a toda persona, conforme al principio de progresividad y sin discriminación alguna, el goce y ejercicio irrenunciable, indivisible e interdependiente de los derechos humanos.

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Specific national laws
Law present      Official information not available
 

Children and Adolescents

Youth/Young Adults

Older Persons

Women

Peoples with Disabilites

Afrodescendants and Indigenous Peoples

Migrants

Public Education

Work and Social Security

Social Housing

Public Health

Social Development

 
Legal Instrument Ley orgánica para la protección de niños, niñas y adolescentes Ley Nacional de la Juventud (Ley núm. 37404) Ley de Serviciós Sociales al adulto Mayr Ley de Igualdad de Oportunidades para la Mujer Ley para Personas con Discapacidad Decreto de 2005 - Comisión Presidencial para la Prevención y Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial y otras Distinciones en el Sistema Educativo Venezolano. Ley Nº 37944, "Ley de Extranjería y Migración" (2004) Ley Orgánica de Educación Ley Orgánica del Trabajo, los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Ley del Régimen Prestacional de Vivienda y Hábitat Ley Orgánica del Sistema Nacional de Salud n.d.
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Organizational dimension
Main authority for intersectoral coordination

 

Country Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Main authority Sectorial Vicepresidency for Social and Territorial Socialism
Year of creation 2019
Coordinating authority Sectorial Vice-President for Social and Territorial Socialism
Members Ministries with responsibility in the areas of habitat and housing, communes, health, indigenous peoples, women and gender equality, youth and sports, social labor processes, science and technology, education, and higher education.
 
Main authority devoted to social development

 

Country Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Main authority People's Ministry for Communes and Social Movements
Year of creation 2013
Mission To implement social policies that promote the democratic exercise and vitality, in terms of promotion, assistance and integral participative social development, through committees, plans, programs and projects of the social protection system. This is based on the integrality not only of care for the affected or social group injured in extreme poverty or maximum social exclusion, but also to the social context surrounding the affected or vulnerable population at possible risk.
Incumbent Ángel Prado (2024)

 

 

 

Institutions protecting certain population segments
Official information not available
Population segment

Children and Adolescents

Youth/Young Adults

Older Persons

Persons with Disabilities

Women

Migrants

Main protection mechanism Ministerio del Poder Popular a través del Instituto Autónomo Consejo Nacional de Derechos de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Instituto Nacional del Poder Popular de la Juventud Consejo Presidencial de los Adultos Mayores de Venezuela Consejo Nacional para las Personas con Discapacidad (CONAPDIS) Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Mujer y la Igualdad de Genero Comisión Nacional de Migración
Legal Instrument Ley Orgánica para la Protección del Niño y del Adolescente (LOPNA) (2000) Ley Nacional de la Juventud (Ley núm. 37404) Ley de Servicios Sociales al Adulto y Adulta Mayor Ley para las personas con discapacidad Ley Nº 37944, "Ley de Extranjería y Migración" (2004)

 

 

 

Technical-operational dimension
Management, planning, evaluation, and transparency tools for social programmes
Tool present   Tool not present 



Main Social Protection Actor (Presence and Hierarchy)

Technical-operational dimension
Unique Registry of Participants Sistema Integrado de Administración Financiera /b Sectoral Plan for Social Development Transparence - system for accessing public information from the State

Integrated Social Information System

Evaluation mechanisms for social programs

General

Sectorial

General

Sectorial

Ministry of People's Power for Communes and Social Movements
                 

 

 

 

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