Venezuela will withdraw from the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s perceived bias, the nation’s foreign minister said Friday.
The announcement comes amid an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed under ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Caracas had informed the United Nations of its “firm and irrevocable decision” to withdraw from the ICC, Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia wrote on X.
Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez, who took over after US forces ousted Maduro in January, had instructed the move, he added.
“Venezuela considers that the Court’s actions reflect a demonstrated geographical bias, which has disproportionately concentrated its work on African and Latin American countries,” Plasencia said.
