The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, began on Monday a meeting with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, who arrived yesterday in the country for a three-day visit and a work agenda that, presumably, includes meetings with government officials and opponents.
The meeting, whose images were broadcast exclusively by the Venezuelan state television channel (VTV), was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia.
The ICC has kept a preliminary examination open to Venezuela, since February 2018, for alleged abuses of its security forces, both in the demonstrations that occurred since April 2017 and in some prisons where opponents have been mistreated.
Former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Khan’s predecessor, announced in November last year that there were “reasonable grounds to believe”That crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela.
After his departure from office, the case has been left to Khan, who must make the final decision.
Bensouda left his post as a prosecutor at the ICC on June 15 of this year and in his last report indicated that there is “a reasonable basis“To believe that in the Caribbean nation”crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court at least since 2017″.
Khan’s visit is part of a 10-day trip to Latin America, with an agenda focused on Colombia, where he was last week, and Venezuela, which is awaiting the final decision on complaints of crimes against humanity. which the Government denies.
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