Summary: Protecting Human Rights on the Ground. Case Studies on the Origin and Development of OHCHR Country Offices and their Relevance for the Situation in Venezuela

Abstract

The following is a summary of the findings and conclusions of a comparative study regarding OHCHR country offices in four locations (Cambodia, Colombia, Guatemala and Tunisia). The study ultimately aims to generate reflections derived from these comparative experiences for the case of Venezuela. The study’s methodology included document review and conducting interviews with around 60 officials and former officials of OHCHR, human rights defenders from the four countries studied and from Venezuela, representatives of international human rights NGOs, officials of the United Nations system with knowledge of the situation in Venezuela and former officials of public institutions of the countries studied