Overview
- The column argues the indictment and forcible capture of Venezuela’s president collapse sovereign equality under UN Charter Article 2(1).
- It says using military or paramilitary force to seize a sitting head of state violates the Article 2(4) prohibition on the use of force.
- The author describes the action as unlawful intervention in domestic affairs under Article 2(7) and as incompatible with head-of-state immunity.
- The piece criticizes bypassing multilateral avenues such as the International Criminal Court or a UN Security Council referral.
- Counterarguments about Maduro’s legitimacy, universal jurisdiction for “narcoterrorism,” or defensive law enforcement are assessed and rejected as lacking legal basis.