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Civil society requires judicial independence and technical guarantees to reform the TSJ

Nineteen Venezuelan and international civil society organizations issued a joint statement demanding judicial independence and technical guarantees in the reform of the Supreme Court (TSJ) following an agreement between the government and the 2015 National Assembly.

19 civil society organizations issued a joint communiqué on the TSJ reform and renewal of magistrates.

The reform follows a first round of dialogue between the Delcy Rodríguez administration and the 2015 National Assembly, with the US as a 'tutor'.

The organizations call the lack of judicial independence a 'structural knot' and a tool for repression.

They demand a prior political agreement with international verification, suspension of officials linked to human rights violations, and technical guarantees for magistrate selection.

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