Argentina rejects Venezuela’s right to vote in the ICC
The Argentine ambassador in The Hague, Mario Oyarzabal, expressed his opposition to the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court allowing the government of Nicolás Maduro to exercise its right to vote, despite an accumulated debt of 14.1 million euros since 2018.
During the meeting held this week in The Hague, Nicolás Maduro’s representative justified the delay by alleging the international sanctions imposed on Venezuelan officials. However, the precedent generated concern among Member States, leading the Assembly to decide to review the criteria for granting the right to vote to countries in default by 2025.
«A delay of more than two years entails the suspension of the right to vote in the Assembly of States Partieswhich met this week in The Hague, in accordance with article 112(8) of the Rome Statute,” Provea explained.
Overwhelming.
The Ambassador of Argentina rejects that the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court grants the right to vote to Venezuela, despite owing 14.1 million euros.
Maduro’s representative used sanctions as an excuse for the delay.… pic.twitter.com/ej4ZwLq59c
— PROVEA (@_Provea) December 6, 2024
Argentina supports the victims
Provea explained that the other defaulting State that was granted the right to vote was Liberia, which owes only 16,524 euros from December 2022.
The Argentine ambassador thanked the international support in favor of victims and justice, underlining the importance of rigorously applying the provisions of the Statute. His intervention highlighted the need to maintain the integrity of the international justice system in the face of possible irregularities.
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