Caracas, November 14 - The Meeting of Jurists in Defense of International Law for Sovereignty and Peace will conclude today in Venezuela with a series of proposals condemning and denouncing the abuses of the United States against International Law.
This meeting was convened by the National Council for Sovereignty and Peace in the midst of the systematic military threat from the United States over the past four months against the Bolivarian Republic, and it includes legal experts from over twenty countries across five continents.
At the meeting installation the night before, the President of the National Assembly (parliament) of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, called on the delegates to "support our complaint and truth."
"Help us maintain that freedom and that peace," Rodríguez emphasized, reaffirming that Venezuela is a country of peace, but also free.
He explained that one of the objectives of the gathering is to share opinions, reflections, and seek a united voice in the effort to defend the law, which "is a way to defend sovereignty and peace."
The head of parliament denounced not only the lethal military power of the United States in the Caribbean region but also its control over the media and social networks, with which they have created virtual realities "absolutely different from the truth and everyday life of 30 million" Venezuelans.
He emphasized that the establishment of these "lies, slanders, and falsehoods" by the United States government serves no other purpose than to violate rights, laws, and International Conventions.
Rodríguez declared that these slanders and lies, along with their subsequent consequences, pursue no other objective than the “maximum form of aggression to promote a regime change in Venezuela” and to replace the legitimately constituted constitutional government that has emerged from over 30 electoral processes.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil warned that today “the stability and peace of the world are at stake,” and this requires the mobilization of jurists, entire societies, and peoples due to the seriousness of what the aggression against a free and sovereign country like Venezuela entails.
He stated that the threat looming today is not only against his country, but against all of humanity and the United Nations system.
The vice president of the Cuban Scientific Society of International Law, Freider Santana, considered the United States military deployment in the Caribbean as a "flagrant imperial aggression that violates the international legal order."
The president of the American Association of Jurists of Argentina, Claudia Rocca, proposed filing a complaint with the International Criminal Court against the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and requested the creation of a working group to jointly develop the initiative.
Representatives from Algeria, Argentina, Ethiopia, Cuba, Democratic Congo, Tunisia, Uganda, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Iraq, Portugal, Greece, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, South Africa, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, and Germany are attending this meeting.
