involving violence against a woman, no trial had been started, and in at least 70% of the cases, the women struggling against impunity were faced with harassment and threats.205 148. Effectively, even taking into account the difficulties involved in collecting and accessing statistics on the issue, a joint analysis of the available information leads to the conclusion that since the 90s, a large and growing number of reports of violence against women have been received, mainly by the Venezuelan Office of the Public Prosecutor, among other entities, but a very limited number of them go to trial and/or end in judgments issued by a court.206 149. The Inter-American Commission also indicated in 2009 that: [...] the information from the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson regarding the agencies responsible for receiving complaints is also discouraging. According to information from that agency, “there are numerous complaints from victims alleging a reluctance to receive them, and even cases of mistreatment, because of insensitivity or apathy in the attention given, which is often the result of particular considerations. This takes place both in the administrative agencies and in the prosecutors’ offices of the Attorney General’s Office.” This violates the victims’ right to have their complaints heard and investigated but, in addition, it has the effect of discouraging or even intimidating other victims from reporting acts of violence to the authorities.207 150. Despite the recommendations issued in this report, the Commission continued to receive information on the high rates of impunity in cases of violence against women Venezuela.208 151. Civil society organizations have documented in detail a variety of other factors that also prevent women who are victims of violence from accessing to justice in Venezuela. For example, the Observatorio Venezolano de los Derechos de las Mujeres (Venezuelan Observatory on the Rights of Women) has indicated that “Venezuelan women lack the most basic resources to guarantee them access to justice,” and “do not have adequate, efficient, impartial, [and] nondiscriminatory judicial resources available to them.” Furthermore, oversight and monitoring of the readiness and budgets of the agencies that receive complaints is sorely lacking. Specifically, the Observatory has called the lack of continuity in the training of officials and justice system officials in general on gender-based violence insufficient and grave. It has also pointed to “the temporary status of judges and the shortage and rotation of personnel, equipment, and materials necessary to pursue processes to try and to punish attackers.” This situation leads to “procedural delays, both in the 205 IACHR, Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela. OEA/SER.L/V/II. Doc. 54. December 30, 2009, para. 948. Available at: https://www.cidh.oas.org/countryrep/Venezuela2009eng/VE09.TOC.eng.htm 206 See: Brief of the petitioners of June 20, 2014, pgs. 5-6; Annex 105. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Venezuela country report on the situation of gender-based violence against women. May 1999. Annex “00 Contexto 1999 05 01 PNUD Violencia Mujeres VZ” of the brief of the petitioners of June 20, 2014; Annex 106. Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States. Follow Up Mechanism of the Convention of Belém do Pará (MESECVI). Response of Venezuela to the questionnaire regarding the country report. OEA/Ser.L/II.7.10 MESECVI-II/doc.46/08. June 25, 2008. Annex 00 Contexto 2008 06 25 CIM VZ Evaluacion Implementación Belem Do Pará” of the brief of the petitioners of June 20, 2014; Annex 107. Office of the Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Annual Report 2008. 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Available at: https://www.cidh.oas.org/women/Access07/Report%20Access%20to%20Justice%20Report%20English%20020507.pdf 207 IACHR, Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela. OEA/SER.L/V/II. Doc. 54. December 30, 2009, para. 948. Available at: https://www.cidh.oas.org/countryrep/Venezuela2009eng/VE09.TOC.eng.htm 208 See: IACHR, Annual Report 2014. Chapter IV on http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2014/docs-en/Annual2014-chap4A.pdf Venezuela, para. 632. Available at: