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International court drops investigation into US sanctions on Venezuela
The ICC found insufficient evidence of intent and causation to charge U.S. sanctions against Venezuela as crimes against humanity, closing the probe initiated in 2020.
- On Thursday, the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor dropped its investigation, announcing the United States did not commit crimes against humanity with Venezuela sanctions.
- In 2020, Venezuela's government alleged that U.S. sanctions since 2014 were 'unlawful coercive measures' causing suffering, murder, deportation, and persecution, as part of Venezuela II.
- The Office of the Prosecutor said evidence must provide a reasonable basis to believe U.S. sanctions led to alleged crimes, but it did not find the evidential requirements of causation and intent were met.
- The court noted the Venezuela II closure is separate from the ongoing Venezuela I investigation and unrelated to the January 2026 events in Venezuela; separately, the prosecutor's office is advancing a Belarus probe.
- Appeals judges last year ordered chief prosecutor Karim Khan recused from a Venezuela probe, and Khan is currently on leave amid sexual misconduct allegations.
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The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICC) has dismissed that the economic sanctions...
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ICC drops the investigation into whether US sanctions on Venezuela count as crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court has ended its review of whether US sanctions on Venezuela count as crimes against humanity, citing insufficient proof of intent, though sanctions may have worsened hardships
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International court drops investigation into US sanctions on Venezuela
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are dropping an investigation into whether U.S. sanctions against Venezuela qualified as crimes against humanity.
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The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court presented the findings of its preliminary examination of the so-called “Venezuela II” case
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