Centro de Justicia y Paz - CEPAZ

What Centro de Justicia y Paz - CEPAZ does

Centro de Justicia y Paz (CEPAZ) is a Venezuelan nonprofit human rights organization founded in 2014 and registered in Tomball, Texas, USA, with operational presence in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates on six thematic lines of action — democracy, human rights, justice, migration, women, and peace — and serves women (particularly survivors of gender-based violence), Venezuelan migrants and refugees, and domestic civil society organizations. Its core programmatic offerings include the Red Naranja feminist network, the Redac citizen activists network, the Observatorio Digital de Femicidios (Digital Femicide Observatory), the annual "12 Acciones por la Paz" campaign, the Podcast "Raíces," and psycholegal accompaniment services for women survivors of violence delivered in partnership with CEM-UCV and Fundamujer.

CEPAZ's underlying technology is non-proprietary and consists of: (1) a WordPress-based public website at cepaz.org serving as the content, donation, and news hub; (2) a self-serve virtual classroom at aulavirtual.cepaz.org built on a learning management system supporting video lessons, assessments, forums, and certificate issuance; (3) the Observatorio Digital de Femicidios as a documentation and monitoring platform; and (4) standard payment integrations via Stripe, Zelle, and USDT (ERC-20) cryptocurrency, plus Google Analytics for site measurement. CEPAZ does not develop proprietary technology products; its differentiation is in human rights content, monitoring, and convening rather than software.

CEPAZ's business model is a hybrid of nonprofit funding streams: (1) international grants and donations from foundations and donor agencies (Articulate Foundation, Embassy of Canada, UNDP, and others); (2) individual donations solicited via the website; and (3) earned revenue from paid online courses on the Aula Virtual platform — the AI Ethics course ($59 individual / $99 team plan for 3 seats) and the Narrativas éticas sobre violencia femicida course ($35), with solidarity pricing and scholarships available. Distribution is direct-to-consumer for courses and community-led / event-driven for advocacy, with no traditional sales motion. Customer segments are non-commercial: beneficiaries receive services, while "paying customers" in the strict sense are a thin layer of course enrollees, individual donors, and institutional grantors.

Name

Centro de Justicia y Paz - CEPAZ

Legal name

Centro de Justicia y Paz

Website

https://cepaz.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centro de Justicia y Paz (CEPAZ) is a Venezuelan nonprofit human rights organization founded in 2014, serving women, migrants, and civil society through community networks, international advocacy, and a paid virtual classroom offering courses on AI ethics and gender-based violence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy and Civil Society Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Rights, Privacy & Free Expression Advocacy (BPAGAFAL), Transitional Justice, Accountability & Reparations (BPADAGAL)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Women's rights education
• Civil society mobilization
• Femicide monitoring
• Migrant rights support

Headquarters

HQ city

Tomball

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Virtual Course Enrollment Fees: CEPAZ charges enrollment fees for its online courses (AI Ethics course: $59 individual / $99 team plan; Narrativas éticas course: $35). Payment accepted via Stripe, Zelle, and cryptocurrency. Scholarships and solidarity pricing are offered for leaders with financial need.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization solicits donations via its website to fund ongoing programs and operations.
3. International Grants and Funding: CEPAZ receives financial support from international foundations and donors (e.g., Articulate Foundation, Embassy of Canada, UNDP, etc.) for specific programmatic initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CEPAZ is a Venezuelan non-profit human rights organization that promotes women's leadership, autonomy, and resilience to build peace in contexts of violence and exclusion. It delivers psycholegal accompaniment to women survivors of gender-based violence, documents human rights violations through advocacy before UN and Inter-American bodies, coordinates cross-border activist networks (Red Naranja, Redac), runs the Digital Femicide Observatory, and offers paid online training courses on AI ethics and ethical narratives on feminicidal violence via its Aula Virtual platform.

Product overview

CEPAZ operates as a human rights organization offering educational courses through its Aula Virtual platform, research and monitoring tools like the Observatory on Feminicides, advocacy networks including Red Naranja, and campaigns such as 12 Acciones por la Paz. The organization focuses on democracy, human rights, justice, migration, women's rights, and peace, with educational products including courses on AI ethics and gender-based violence narratives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aula Virtual: Virtual education platform offering courses on artificial intelligence and ethical narratives on feminicide violence
• Red Naranja
• Red de Activistas por los Derechos Humanos (Redac)
• 12 Acciones por la Paz
• Coalición de Movilidad Humana de las Américas
• Podcast Raíces
• Observatorio Digital de Femicidios

Products and services

• Curso sobre Inteligencia Artificial (AI Ethics Course) A 6-module, 18-lesson asynchronous online course teaching social organizations and civil society leaders to integrate AI ethically and strategically, with content on prompting, responsible use, bias mitigation, and privacy protection delivered through a feminist and human rights lens.
• Narrativas éticas sobre violencia femicida A 4-module video-based asynchronous online course teaching ethical communication about gender-based violence and femicide, delivered from a feminist and human rights perspective with approximately 16 hours of content and a certificate upon completion.
• Observatorio Digital de Femicidios A digital monitoring and documentation platform that tracks femicides in Venezuela and produces periodic reports used for advocacy before national and international human rights bodies.
• Podcast Raíces Audio podcast exploring Venezuelan migration realities and stories, with episodes available on the CEPAZ website and YouTube channel, currently in its second season.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100 women acquired technological skills through the 'Mujer, poder y tecnología' project, which won the 2014 French Republic Human Rights Prize
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Articulate FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Articulate Foundation co-designed and co-funded the AI Ethics course for civil society organizations with CEPAZ, contributing expertise in sustainability, innovation, and social impact measurement. This is a flagship co-development partnership producing CEPAZ's primary revenue-generating educational product.
• Red de Activistas Citizens por los Derechos Humanos (Redac)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRedac was co-founded by CEPAZ as a citizen activist network for human rights. The two organizations jointly conduct permanent monitoring of human rights violations, publish reports, and organize the '12 Acciones por la Paz' campaign and international forums. Redac is CEPAZ's primary grassroots mobilization partner.
• Red NaranjacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRed Naranja is a feminist activist network coordinated by CEPAZ that fights gender-based violence and documents femicides. It operates the Digital Femicide Observatory and conducts advocacy at the Venezuelan National Assembly during 16 Days of Activism campaigns.
• Coalition of the Americas for Human Mobility (Coalición de Movilidad Humana de las Américas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEPAZ is an active member of this regional coalition of civil society organizations working on migrant and refugee rights. The coalition issues joint statements at OAS General Assemblies and advocates for human rights-based migration policies across the Americas.
• Centro de Estudios de la Mujer de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (CEM-UCV)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEPAZ partners with CEM-UCV to provide psycholegal attention services to women survivors of gender-based violence, combining academic expertise with grassroots service delivery.
• Fundación para la Prevención de la Violencia Doméstica hacia la Mujer (Fundamujer)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundamujer collaborates with CEPAZ and CEM-UCV in providing psycholegal services to women victims of violence, contributing expertise in domestic violence prevention.
• Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid (VIA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerVIA co-organizes events and conversations on Venezuelan migration realities with CEPAZ, including the podcast 'Raíces' and diaspora support initiatives.
• Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEJIL coordinates the Human Mobility Group of which CEPAZ is a member. CEJIL facilitates regional civil society strategy on Venezuelan displacement and co-organized the 2018 Washington D.C. action plan meeting with over 50 organizations.
• Kota AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEPAZ is a partner organization of Kota Alliance, sponsored by the Anna-Riitta and Fritz Fuchs Fund for Reproductive Health, providing menstrual hygiene products and contraceptives for refugee women.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• COFAVIC: Venezuelan human rights organization focused on victims of political violence and the right to justice and reparation. Comparable thematic proximity to CEPAZ's transitional justice / political persecution work and shared community-accompaniment model.
• Espacio Público: Venezuelan NGO defending freedom of expression and the right to information through monitoring, litigation, and advocacy. Comparable as a domestic human rights defender using data monitoring and international coalition work.
• PROVEA (Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos): Long-standing Venezuelan human rights NGO active in documentation, advocacy, and civic education. It shares CEPAZ's domestic civil society focus and references to joint work (the lawyers' mesa with PROVEA in 2016) make it the closest direct peer in mission and geography.
• CEJIL (Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional): Latin American human rights NGO that litigates before the Inter-American system and convenes coalitions including the Human Mobility Group with CEPAZ. A direct peer for international advocacy, coalition convening, and litigation strategy.
• CIVILIS Derechos Humanos: Venezuelan civil society organization producing rights-based research, analysis, and advocacy on democratic governance and civil liberties. Operates in the same geographic and thematic space as CEPAZ with comparable coalition-driven strategy.

Regional players

• Dejusticia: Colombian research and litigation organization advancing social justice and human rights, including migration, gender, and digital rights. Comparable strategic litigation, research output, and educational programming model, though anchored in Colombia rather than Venezuela.

Broad incumbents

• Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA): U.S.-based think tank focused on human rights, democracy, and migration across Latin America. Comparable in advocacy before U.S. and inter-American bodies on Venezuelan migration and rights issues, though operating at a much larger scale and from outside Venezuela.
• Amnesty International Venezuela: Global human rights organization with an established Venezuela portfolio that produces reports, campaigns, and international advocacy. Comparable thematic focus and UN/IACHR advocacy footprint, though part of a much larger federated structure.

Emerging players

• WITNESS: International NGO equipping human rights defenders with video and digital tools for documentation and advocacy. Comparable in combining rights-based education with digital documentation/advocacy tooling, and intersects with CEPAZ's AI ethics and digital observatory work.

Others

• Articulate Foundation: Foundation co-led by CEPAZ's founder that co-developed and funded the AI Ethics course. Listed as an adjacent ecosystem partner given their mutual co-development relationship rather than direct competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/_cepaz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CEPAZ_
• Facebookfacebook.com/centrojusticiaypaz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-de-justicia-y-paz-cepaz
• Instagraminstagram.com/_cepaz
• TikToktiktok.com/@_cepaz

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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