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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