On 26 April 2022, the Venezuelan National Assembly elected in 2020 appointed 20 justices to the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, TSJ). Most of these appointments were politically motivated. As a result, the process violated international human rights law and standards on judicial independence.
Today, the ICJ, in two separate statements before the UN Human Rights Council, alerted its Members to the continuing lack of independence and impunity for gross human rights violations in Venezuela.
The ICJ and IBAHRI today stressed the urgent need for accountability for gross human rights violations in Venezuela before the UN Human Rights Council.
At the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ today raised the attention of UN Member States to the dire situation of human rights and lack of accountability in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Venezuela.
The ICJ today addressed the UN Human Rights Council in the Interactive Dialogue on the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
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