Capriles Moreno, Victoria

Victoria Capriles is a Venezuelan feminist attorney and academic whose work focuses on migration, gender, and human trafficking. She is currently a visiting fellow at the T.M.C. Asser Institute (september-december 2025), where her doctoral research examines the severe Venezuelan migratory and refugee crisis. Her work aims to develop guidelines that the Venezuelan State can adopt to address the needs of its citizens and fulfill its obligations to provide protection.

With more than seven years as a university professor specializing in migration, refugee issues, and women’s rights, Capriles has an extensive publication record. She has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, opinion pieces, and book chapters, including a recent contribution to a Routledge-edited volume. She has also coordinated three books: one on the Venezuelan migration and refugee crisis, another on gender-based violence in Venezuela, and a third on access to justice and legal protection for vulnerable groups in the country.

Area(s) of expertise: Migration, human rights, women's rights, refugee issues, Venezuela