The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela incorporates international human rights law into the domestic legal order. Under Article 23, international treaties, covenants and conventions relating to human rights that have been signed and ratified by Venezuela have constitutional rank and prevail within the domestic legal system where they provide more favourable standards than those established by the Constitution or national legislation. Such instruments are directly and immediately applicable by courts and all other public authorities. 
The Constitution further provides that the State must guarantee and protect human rights in accordance with the Constitution, international human rights treaties ratified by Venezuela, and the laws implementing those rights. It also recognises that the rights and guarantees set out in the Constitution and in international human rights instruments should not be interpreted as excluding other inherent human rights. 
Accordingly, the Venezuelan constitutional framework establishes a system in which ratified international human rights treaties form part of domestic law, may enjoy constitutional status, and may be invoked directly before courts and other state institutions without the need for further implementing legislation.