Venezuela - OPCAT Situation
Updated 11.10.2012
Venezuela became a State Signatory to the OPCAT in 2011. Ratification is under consideration
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Opcat status
OPCAT Signature
July 1, 2011
UNCAT Ratification
July 29, 1991
Information
Population
29 277 736
Area (sq km)
912 050
Number of prisons
33
Prison population
43 461
Quick links
SRT: Visit report (June 1996)
CAT: Concluding Observations (November 2002) and List of issues prior to reporting (2010)
UPR: Report of the Working Group (December 2011)
IACHR: Report on Venezuela - see chapter IV (2011)