Venezuela rejects false statements about the national situation made by the ICC Prosecutor

Published at: 03/12/2024 09:18 AM

The Republic of Venezuela, through an official statement published on the Telegram channel of the People's Power Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil Pinto, rejected the statements about the nation made by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Ahmad Han, in the framework of the Twenty-Third Session of the Assembly of States Parts of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Below is the full text of the statement:

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects the statements about the national situation made by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Ahmad Khan, in the framework of the Twenty-Third Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

The Venezuelan authorities have promptly and comprehensively informed the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court of all the measures taken in the domestic order to advance the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken with the Rome Statute, as well as those reached in the two memorandums of understanding signed with the Office of the Prosecutor.

In this regard, Venezuela is concerned that the Prosecutor has not been informed of these advances and the exact point at which the issues addressed in his ill-informed statements are found, including the reactivation of the presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Venezuelan territory, specified in the month of November of this year.

It also deeply regrets that the Prosecutor allows himself to be carried away by information about public campaigns on social networks promoted by the extreme right, Zionism and Western powers that seek to apply legal colonialism against Venezuela, despite having direct communication channels with national justice bodies, in a country where the rule of law is independently respected.

In any case, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates that if something is exhausted in the 21st century, it is legal colonialism. Venezuela is a free and sovereign State that will continue to exercise all the actions within its power to make the truth prevail and defend its rights as a nation, against any initiative that seeks to use the institutionality of the International Criminal Court for purposes contrary to its raison d'être and the principles of international law.

Finally, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela extends a new invitation to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to visit the country and continue to address in a direct and constructive manner the mutually acquired commitments in the area of positive complementarity.

Caracas, December 3, 2024

Mazo News Team