1. Legal provisions
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1.1 What are the relevant statutes and codes?

Act on Women's Right to a Life Free From Violence Ley Orgánica sobre el Derecho de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia - Articles 9, 15, 32, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 73, 74,75, 83, 90, 91, 94, 95, 107, 109, 119 and 120

Federal Criminal Code of Venezuela ("CriminalCode") https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/mesicic3_ven_anexo6.pdf - Articles 375

Act for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Teenagers - Articles 177 and 466

http://www.sipi.siteal.iipe.unesco.org/sites/default/files/sipi_normativa/venezuela_ley_organica_para_la_proteccion_de_ninos_ninas_y_adolescentes_lopnna_-_go_nro_5859_2007.pdf

Ley Orgánica de prevención condiciones y medio ambiente de trabajo

Ley de Igualdad de Oportunidades para la Mujer

1.2 What is the controlling case law?
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1.3 What are the specific parts of the court system that address domestic violence?

The specific parts of the court system that address domestic violence in Venezuela are the specialized tribunals in matters related to violence against women and they are mainly as follows:

  1. special tribunals for violence against women
  2. Public Prosecutor's Office
  3. peace courts
  4. civil prefectures
  5. police
  6. frontier command units
  7. municipal tribunals
  8. divisions for the protection of children, teenagers, women and families
The above list is according to Articles 67, 74, 119 and 120 of the Act on Women's Right to a Life Free From Violence.
1.4 What are potential causes of action?
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