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Venezuela to Withdraw From International Criminal Court

On Friday, Venezuela informed the United Nations of its "irrevocable" decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, citing what Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia called the body's "bias" against countries in the Global South.
The Hague-based International Criminal Court has been probing alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela since 2014, prompting the National Assembly to vote last year to cancel commitments to the Rome Statute.
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez ordered the move to align with the United States, echoing Secretary of State Marco Rubio's accusation that the ICC is "waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes, compacts, and the force of so-called international law."
Coinciding with Venezuela's announcement, ICC member states dismissed top prosecutor Karim Khan on Friday, while the United States previously imposed sanctions on the tribunal under President Donald Trump.
Although the ICC dismissed Venezuela's complaints regarding U.S. sanctions earlier this year, neither the U.S. nor Israel is a party to the court, which continues investigating war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

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