The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, commonly known as Venezuela, is located in northern South America bordered by Colombia, Brazil and Guyana, with a coastline on the Caribbean Sea. Its capital, Caracas, is the seat of government. Venezuela is a federal state with a presidential system of government. 

Venezuela is not party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees but is party to the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. It is not party to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Venezuela has not incorporated the broader refugee definition of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees into its domestic law.