Specifically, he said that removing Maduro from power would end the suffering of the Venezuelan people and weaken the “authoritarian world axis.” It is too early to cry foul, as it remains to be clarified who is the legitimate representative of Venezuela, Herdegen continued. However, he said that the justification for attacking the Latin American country was flimsy, as self-defense could hardly be taken seriously.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Matthias Herdegen in Der Spiegel on American intervention in Venezuela Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Matthias Herdegen in Der Spiegel on American intervention in Venezuela
On January 4, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Matthias Herdegen gives his assessment under international law of the imprisonment of Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro in Der Spiegel.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Matthias Herdegen in Der Spiegel on Venezuela
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Matthias Herdegen is Director of the Institute for Public Law and Director of the Institute for International Law at the University of Bonn, a member of the Center for European Economic Law, and a member of the Center Council of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) at the University of Bonn.