Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela

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The Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela is the national public prosecution authority responsible for directing criminal investigations, representing the state in legal matters, and overseeing the protection of public and constitutional interests.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
public prosecution service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fiscalía General de la República ⓘ
Ministerio Público de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela ⓘ
appliesLaw Code of Criminal Procedure of Venezuela ⓘ
Criminal Code of Venezuela ⓘ
appointmentOfHeadBy Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela ⓘ
branchOfGovernment citizen power ⓘ
can order and coordinate investigative acts through police bodies ⓘ
request precautionary measures before courts ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
cooperatesWith international criminal justice bodies ⓘ
public prosecution services of other countries ⓘ
coordinatesWith Office of the Comptroller General of Venezuela ⓘ
Office of the Ombudsman of Venezuela ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
hasDuty act ex officio in defense of collective and diffuse interests ⓘ
ensure respect for due process ⓘ
exercise criminal action on behalf of the state ⓘ
protect victims and witnesses in criminal cases ⓘ
hasSubdivision anti-corruption prosecutors ⓘ
environmental prosecutors ⓘ
human rights prosecutors ⓘ
specialized prosecutors ⓘ
state-level prosecutor offices ⓘ
headedBy Attorney General of Venezuela ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBranch Public Ministry of Venezuela ⓘ
headquartersLocation Caracas ⓘ
independence functionally autonomous from executive branch ⓘ
jurisdiction Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Bolivarian Republic
legalNature autonomous organ of the Citizen Power ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
nativeName Ministerio Público de Venezuela ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage es ⓘ
oversees criminal investigation units assigned to prosecutors ⓘ
public prosecutors in Venezuela ⓘ
partOf Citizen Power of Venezuela ⓘ
responsibleFor defense of constitutional rights ⓘ
defense of public interests ⓘ
directing criminal investigations ⓘ
oversight of legality in criminal investigations ⓘ
protection of human rights in criminal proceedings ⓘ
public prosecution in criminal cases ⓘ
representing the state in legal proceedings ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
seat Caracas ⓘ
supervises national network of prosecutors ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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Government of Venezuela → includesBody → Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela ⓘ
Cilia Flores → positionHeld → Attorney General of Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela
Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela → nativeName → Ministerio Público de Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela
Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela → alsoKnownAs → Ministerio Público de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Attorney General of Venezuela