Alfredo Romero, president director of the Penal Forum, clarified that in the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela there is no office of the International Criminal Court (CPI) nor has it been opened. “That office does not exist, at least not officially constituted by the CPI prosecutor’s office,” he indicated.
According to their statements, to open a branch in Caracas it is necessary to follow an administrative, protocol and formal process, which has not been carried out.
Romero said that when that happens, the ICC prosecutor’s office will generally release the confirmed and formal news.
They inform us that the rumor that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has opened its office in the TSJ of Venezuela is FALSE. We also monitor and verify any possibility that said Prosecutor’s Office opens its office in Venezuela and attends to the victims.
– Alfredo Romero (@alfredoromero) April 8, 2022
“This does not mean that an ICC office would not be opened in Venezuela, as prosecutor Karim Khan said. It just hasn’t happened right now. We even hope that when that happens, there will be a formal and public information”, he added.
The also lawyer stressed that they hope that the ICC prosecutor’s office attends to the victims and civil society organizations.
Foro Penal clarified that there is no ICC office in the TSJ
In recent days, through social networks, the information was spread that the international agency office in the building of the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas.
“Confirmed. The office of the International Criminal Court in Caracas has already been installed. Provisionally, it will be located in the TSJ building, on the corner of Dos Pilitas, at the end of Baralt Avenue,” published the Twitter account of the Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy.
#Attention #Confirmed
The office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has already been installed @IntlCrimCourt in Caracas??It will provisionally be located in the building of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on the corner of Dos Pilitas at the end of Avenida Baralt. pic.twitter.com/5LOT5V7L2Q
— Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy (@Coalicion_ddhh) April 7, 2022
For his part, ICC prosecutor Karim Khan asserted that the installation of an office in Caracas would meet the need to closely monitor the pertinent investigations.
“We will work respecting sovereignty and at the same time I will continue with the investigations, impartial and independent,” he said in a statement. interview.
