Date of publication:
09/07/2026
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Do domestic laws and policies provide for the cessation of refugee status?
Assessment by population
Analysis
Article 10 of the Organic Law on Refugees and Asylees clearly establishes the grounds on which refugee status may cease, including, inter alia, voluntary actions taken by applicants, as well as the end of the situation that gave rise to the need for international protection.
Related provisions of domestic law or policy
Organic Law on Refugees and Asylees
- Year: 2001
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Asylum, Education, Freedom of movement, Health, Housing, land & property, Liberty & security of person, Nationality, Integration & Public Affairs, Social protection, Work & Workplace rights, Family life, Documentation
- Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/node/18314
Legal provision
Article 10 - Refugee condition cessation
"(Unofficial translation) ""The status of refugee shall cease in the following cases: a) If the person has voluntarily returned to the protection of the country of their nationality; b) If, having lost their nationality, they have voluntarily regained it; or c) If they have acquired a new nationality and enjoy the protection of the country of their new nationality; d) If they have voluntarily returned to the country they had left or from which they had remained for fear of persecution; e) If, because the circumstances under which they were recognized as a refugee have ceased to exist, they can no longer refuse to avail themselves of the protection of the country of their nationality." "La condición de refugiado o refugiada cesará en los casos siguientes: a) Si se ha acogido de nuevo, voluntariamente, a la protección del país de su nacionalidad; b) Si, habiendo perdido su nacionalidad, la ha recobrado voluntariamente; o c) Si ha adquirido una nueva nacionalidad y disfruta de la protección del país de su nueva nacionalidad; d) Si voluntariamente se ha establecido de nuevo en el país que había abandonado o fuera del cual había permanecido por temor de ser perseguida; e) Si, por haber desaparecido las circunstancias en virtud de las cuales fue reconocida como refugiado o refugiada, no puede continuar negándose a acogerse a la protección del país de su nacionalidad."