Venezuela - ICC investigation

The ICC's slow efforts to promote justice will take years to complete. However, they could become short term leverage in the negotiations among political actors.

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that it will investigate whether crimes against humanity occurred during the 2017 crackdown against protesters in Venezuela. Meeting with Nicolas Maduro, Khan stressed that the ICC has jurisdiction in Venezuela and that the Maduro regime must cooperate with them under the r…