July 25, 2024

How to Hold Venezuela’s Maduro Accountable for Human Rights Abuses

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A second potential route to holding Maduro responsible for human rights abuses would require congressional passage of a long-debated crimes against humanity statute and a federal criminal statute on extrajudicial killings, with retroactive application. While the federal torture statute might be applicable to Maduro’s case should he eventually be hauled to the United States to stand trial, the proposed new laws would give U.S. prosecutors more tools to charge him and future perpetrators for a broader range of crimes. By by Gissou Nia and Rodrigo Diamanti. Full Text-> Just Security

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