Venezuela communicated to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, its firm and irrevocable decision to denounce the Rome Statute. Venezuela formalizes this Friday its irrevocable withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing structural bias against the Global South and the weaponization of international justice through lawfare. “The imbalance reveals an international justice system that has lost equity as its compass,” the Bolivarian Government stated. Venezuela… — Félix Plasencia González (@plasenciafelixr) July 24, 2026Text reads: “On the instructions of the Acting President @delcyrodriguezv, Venezuela reported to the UN Secretary-General, @antonioguterres, its firm and irrevocable decision to denounce the Rome Statute and initiate its final withdrawal from the ICC, in accordance with Article 127. The Philippines, Burundi, and now Venezuela represent a growing wave of withdrawals from the Rome Statute, each citing selective application of the Court’s jurisdiction.