The Conception of Human Rights According to the Accounts of Venezuelans Residents in Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia

Abstract

The United Nations (UN) understands that human rights are rights that are intrinsically linked to human beings for the simple fact of being human. In the Venezuelan context, it is known that human rights, for example the right to life and health, are constantly violated by the nation-state itself, resulting in mass international migration. Thus, the objective of this chapter is to present Venezuelans' conception of human rights. Through applied, field, exploratory, qualitative, descriptive, bibliographic and documentary research, Venezuelans residing in Goiânia and/or Aparecida de Goiânia were interviewed, with the guiding question “in your perception, what are human rights?” . The results reveal that 10 Venezuelans were interviewed, five men and five women, of which 9 hold a temporary visa and 1 a refugee, so that human rights are associated with the rights to life, health, protection and freedom, in addition to demonstrate the existence of Venezuelans who are unaware of the term. Furthermore, it shows that the health crisis can be one of the frequent causes of international migration. As a final consideration, the dissemination of human rights is suggested, whether at borders or on Brazilian soil as a way of refuting ignorance.