Venezuela: Universal Jurisdiction a Route to Justice

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Anti-government students show a national flag to a National Guard barricade during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 16, 2014. © 2014 Leo Ramirez/AFP via Getty Images (Madrid) – Argentina’s efforts to extradite and question a former Venezuelan official residing in Spain accused of crimes against humanity could offer a pathway toward accountability, Human Rights Watch said today, following Spanish authorities’ reported decision to continue proceedings on the extradition request.Argentina seeks the extradition of Ephraín Enrique Verdú Torrelles, a former…

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