CICIVEN rejects the appointment of Calixto Ortega (sanctioned by the EU and Canada) as representative before the ICC

 


 

OUR POSITION CONCERNING THE PROPOSAL OF CALIXTO ORTEGA RIOS AS REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)

 

The International Committee against Impunity in Venezuela, CICIVEN, an international organization in accordance with the Rome Statute,  deplores the appointment of Mr. Calixto Antonio Ortega Ríos as the representative of the Venezuelan State to  the International Criminal Court,  the Assembly of States Parties and the other organs of the Court.   On 22/2/2021 the Council of the European Union reported the inclusion of  Mr. Calixto Ortega in the list of officials sanctioned by that body, which  added to the sanctions decided by other international organizations.  

According to public information, the designated representative, Mr. Calixto Ortega has been  sanctioned by the European Union due to his actions, which have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. These sanctions would prevent his access to the territory of Europe, in particular the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, seat of the Court. This fact alone should be sufficient to prevent the International Criminal Court -   a  safeguard against the  crimes committed against humanity -  from accepting  and accrediting persons such as Mr. Calixto Ortgea  among the representatives of the States parties. Mr. Ortega is responsible, as member of the Venezuelan  Supreme Court of Justice, of multiple crimes against humanity committed in our country and, as such he should not share the functions of the Court, which combats and prosecutes those crimes.  It is regrettable that the Venezuelan State once again challenges international legality, the more serious when this challenge comes in relation to  the International Criminal Court.  

 

In Miami, Florida, on the seventeenth of August of two thousand and twenty-two.  

 La Junta Directiva, Víctor Rodríguez Cedeño Director Relaciones Internacionales José Emilio Castellanos Director Relaciones Institucionales Wilfredo Castro Director de Secretaría William Cárdenas Rubio presidente Paciano Padrón vicepresidente Walter Márquez director general Luis Corona Director de Estrategia 

La Junta Directiva

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