PROVEA

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The '''''Venezuelan Education-Action Program on Human Rights''''' or '''PROVEA''' ({{langx|es|Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos}}) is one of the most prominent Venezuelan human rights organizations. According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, PROVEA "is an independent and autonomous non-governmental organization, which aims to promote and defend human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights".<ref>{{cite web|title=Venezuela - Adoption of the list of issues by the Human Rights Committee|url=http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/VEN/INT_CCPR_ICO_VEN_17846_E.pdf|website=United Nations Human Rights Council|accessdate=25 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425204610/http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/VEN/INT_CCPR_ICO_VEN_17846_E.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History== PROVEA was founded on 15 October 1988 by {{ill|Ligia Bolivar|es}}, a former Amnesty International employee, Dianorah Contramaestre, a Christian community worker and Raúl Cubas, a former detainee of the Argentine dictatorship.<ref name="PROVhist">{{cite web|title=Nuestra Historia|url=https://www.derechos.org.ve/provea|website=www.derechos.org.ve|publisher=PROVEA|accessdate=18 April 2017|language=es-ES}}</ref> Its mission was to be an independent watchdog of the Venezuelan people's economic, social and cultural rights.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Paúl |first=María Luisa |date=2024-05-18 |title=As repression rises in Venezuela, a human rights group keeps investigating |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/18/venezuela-human-rights-violations-provea/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

In 2024, as the human rights situation in Venezuela deteriorated under the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, government officials declared PROVEA to be an "enemy of the people."<ref name=":0" /> PROVEA has offered support to imprisoned human rights activists, including Martha Lía Grajales.<ref name="Efecto Cocuyo-20252">{{Cite news |last= |date=2025-08-08 |title=Provea denuncia detención de activista de DDHH Martha Lía Grajales |trans-title=Provea denounces the arrest of human rights activist Martha Lía Grajales |url=https://efectococuyo.com/la-humanidad/provea-denuncia-detencion-de-activista-de-ddhh-martha-lia-gragales/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250818182842/https://efectococuyo.com/la-humanidad/provea-denuncia-detencion-de-activista-de-ddhh-martha-lia-gragales/ |archive-date=2025-08-18 |access-date=2025-08-18 |work=Efecto Cocuyo |language=es}}</ref>

==Reception== A 1993 Human Rights Watch publication titled ''Human Rights in Venezuela'', recognized PROVEA for creating "training programs for human rights activists throughout the country."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rohde|first1=Clifford C.|title=Human Rights in Venezuela|date=1993|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=9781564321145|page=15}}</ref>

In 2010 PROVEA received the John Humphrey Freedom Award.

President Hugo Chávez stated that "PROVEA is an institution that I know, with which we share the defense of human rights, they are in favor of our rights and our families".<ref name="PROVEAhome">{{cite web|title=PROVEA {{!}} Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos|url=https://www.derechos.org.ve/|website=www.derechos.org.ve|publisher=PROVEA|accessdate=18 April 2017|language=es-ES}}</ref> José Miguel Vivanco, the Director of Human Rights Watch in the Americas said that "PROVEA is one of the most prestigious organizations in the region. It is an honor for us to work together with them."<ref name="PROVEAhome"/>

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==External links== *[https://provea.org/en/ Official website]

Category:Organizations established in 1988 Category:Human rights organizations based in Venezuela Category:2014 Venezuelan protests Category:2017 Venezuelan protests