Más de 50 ONG de la sociedad civil venezolana en USA entregan reclamo de justicia ante la CPI en La Haya, entre ellas VenAmérica

Orlando, January 16, 2025

President and Vice-Presidents,
International Criminal Court,
The Hague.

We have the honor to greet you, as we address you on behalf of the Venezuelan community residing in the United States, members of the “NETWORK OF VENEZUELAN HOUSES AND OTHER VENEZUELAN NGOs”, to respectfully request your expedite action as the guarantors of the functioning of the International Criminal Court (ICC). We urge you to ensure the swift prosecutions of the serious crimes against humanity that have been committed repeatedly and systematically in Venezuela in recent years, and which have exponentially increased in the last few months, without seeing the corresponding measures being taken.

Your Honors, this is not only a matter of punishing past events, which, of course, are crying out for prompt attention, as delayed justice is unjust, but rather the situation is even more serious; these are ongoing crimes that are currently being committed, increasing in both quantity and barbarity since July 28, 2024, when the Venezuelan people, in elections carried out under conditions unjustly favorable to the regime of Nicolás Maduro, Dr. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as President of Venezuela by an approximate ratio of 67 to 30, more than doubling the votes of Nicolás Maduro, the usurper of the presidency. Maduro had publicly announced a “bloodshed” if he did not win the elections. Perhaps It is the only promise fulfilled during his presidency: numerous people have been killed and disappeared, thousands have been wounded and imprisoned, and countless others have been raped and tortured, including hundreds of children. This bloodshed is widely known, condemned by international organizations, by the UN and the OAS, and many State Parties of the ICC, which has also received formal reports and evidence of these crimes.

All of this is taking place in the face of incomprehensible silence and inaction by the Office of the Prosecutor and the International Criminal Court.

We are fully aware of the autonomy of action of the Office of the Prosecutor and the other organs of the ICC, but we are also conscious of your institutional responsibility as the guarantors of the overall functioning of the Court.

In recent years, evidence has been submitted that constitutes reasonable and sufficient grounds to indict Nicolás Maduro and his civilian and military chain of command; there are approximately eleven thousand five hundred (11.500) victims who in 2023 and 2024 have come forward before the Pre-Trial Chamber and the Appeals Chamber.

How much more evidence is needed? How many more deaths, tortures, rapes, beatings, or imprisonments must occur before charges are brought against the alleged perpetrators? Even more is the need for precautionary measures to prevent the continued commission of these crimes, which, as mentioned, are occurring in ever-increasing numbers and with greater cruelty. Preventing and punishing crimes are functions of the ICC, as set forth in both the Preamble and Article I of the Rome Statute.

We know that neither the Statute nor the Rules of Procedure and Evidence establish specific timeframes for the actions we are demanding, but there are reasonable timeframes that equity dictates. For justice to be done, it is unjust to require more blood than the tyrant Nicolás Maduro has already promised.

By respectfully requesting justice, continues investigation of necessary matters, the implementation of precautionary measures to prevent further crimes, and the sanctioning of the alleged criminals, we believe we are representing the unanimous sentiment of more than eight million Venezuelans who have been forced to emigrate, victims of the crime of forced displacement, as defined in the Rome Statute. We also believe we represent the vast majority of our fellow countrymen who remain in the country.

With all due respect,

With copy to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
I certify this is true and correct, as well as the nature of all the organizations signing it,

William J. Diaz
Founder, Network of Casas de Venezuela & other NGO’s in USA. casavenezuelaorlando@gmail.com
407 501-0194
X: @CaraaCara

1. CASA DE VENEZUELA ORLANDO
2. CASA DE VENEZUELA PHILADELPHIA
3. CASA DE VENEZUELA ATLANTA
4. CASA DE VENEZUELA DALLAS
5. CASA DC VENEZUELA
6. CASA DC VENEZUELA DELAWARE
7. CASA DE VENEZUELA ARIZONA
8. CASA DE VENEZUELA ILLINOIS
9. CASA DE VENEZUELA COLUMBUS
10. CASA DE VENEZUELA JACKSONVILLE
11. CASA DE VENEZUELA LOS ANGELES
12. CASA DE VENEZUELA MINNESOTA
13. CASA DE VENEZUELA NORTH CAROLINA
14. CASA DE VENEZUELA SW FLORIDA
15. CASA DE VENEZUELA OSCEOLA Co.
16. CASA DE VENEZUELA BOCA RATON
17. CASA DE VENEZUELA PUERTO RICO
18. CASA DE VENEZUELA NEW ENGLAND
19. CASA DE VENEZUELA MIAMI
20. CASA DE VENEZUELA SAN DIEGO
21. CASA DE VENEZUELA HILLSBOROUG Co
22. VENEZUELAN AMERICAN CAUCUS
23. VENAMERICA
24. VENEZUELA PARA TI
25. VENEZUELAN HUMAN FREEDOM
26. VENEZOLANOS EN SANFORD
27. VENEZUELAN USA FOUNDATION
28. VENEZOLANOS EN KENDALL
29. VENEZOLANOS UNIDOS EN WPB
30. VENEZOLANOS EN WISCONSIN
31. VENEZOLANOS EN TAMPA
32. ILLINOIS VENEZUELAN ALLIANCE
33. ASOCIACIÓN VENEZOLANA EN AUSTIN

34. ASOCIACIÓN DE VENEZOLANOS UNIDOS EN INDIANA
35. ALIANZA VENEZOLANA UTAH
36. MOVIMIENTO CIUDADANO VENZ MUNDO
37. MADE IN VENEZUELA BUSINESS CLUB
38. MANZANITA HOUSE, Spokane
39. MIGRANTS FOUNDATION, Tampa
40. FUNDACIÓN BLANCA NIEVE SIERRA
41. CAMARA COMERCIO CENTRAL FLORIDA
42. LA RAYUELA DE PABLO, Phoenix
43. UN BOCADITO PARA VENEZUELA
44. FUNDACIÓN LIVI, San Antonio TX
45. CESI FOUNDATION, NY
46. PROGRAMA AYUDA HUMANITARIA VZLA
47. S.O.S. VENEZUELA, Denver
48. NUESTRA GENTE, Toledo, Ohio
49. FRENTE PROFESIONALES (FAPI)
50. AVEJAX, Jacksonville, Fl.
51. VENEZUELAN ASOC OF MASSACHUSETTS
52. CICIVEN