Vision of victimization of the family member of the accused in criminal proceedings from a socio-juridical perspective in Venezuela

Abstract

Within the national scope, every person linked to a criminal process, as a defendant or convict, preserves the fundamental rights inherent to every person, recognized in International Conventions and Covenants, enshrined in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which are not lost due to the effects of the criminal conviction. Thus, the respect and guarantee of the human rights of the accused or convicted, has the same condition for their relatives deprived of liberty. However, the situation of vulnerability of the rights of the accused is also found in the relatives of the convicted or sentenced who in constant effort, are at the disposal of people who should guarantee their rights, on the contrary, it is known from press reviews and visits to prisons, that their rights are violated when they visit the prisons, where their relatives are deprived of their freedom. In order to project the research axis, it is approached under an interpretative paradigm, qualitative approach, under a phenomenological methodology supported by hermeneutics. Finally, a reflexive condition that complements the knowledge is the extensive respect for the human rights of the family members in their double punishment.