Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Judge of the Criminal Appeal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Venezuela (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ)). Former President and Vice President of the Supreme Court. In those roles, he has supported and facilitated the Government’s actions and policies which have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, and is responsible for actions and statements that have usurped the authority of the National Assembly, including the appointment of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Jun 2020 and the suspension and replacement of the leadership of three opposition parties in Jun and Jul 2020.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026