COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Venezuela

General Court rejects appeals of ten Maduro regime officials sanctioned by EU

15/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday, 14 July, the General Court of the European Union rejected the appeals filed by ten senior Venezuelan officials of the Maduro regime who were sanctioned in either January (see EUROPE B11944A5) or June 2018 (see EUROPE B12048A3) for violations of human rights and basic international democratic standards (cases T-245 to 249/18 and T-550 to 554/18). It did not accept the arguments advanced by the plaintiffs, who asserted that there had...