May 23, 2024 – The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, along with counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, today filed an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the case Chirinos et al. v. Venezuela. The submission relates to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear cases concerning human rights violations in Venezuela that occurred after Venezuela’s withdrawal from the American Convention on Human Rights in 2013. The amicus finds that the Court has jurisdiction over Venezuela and that it may exercise that jurisdiction with respect to human... read more