We just witnessed power kidnapping the law

The kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela by the United States is not an example of international law enforcement. It is simple, unadulterated worldwide vandalism.

Law has been supplanted by power, principle has been replaced by inclination, and force has been portrayed as virtue. The international order is not being defended in this way. It is its subdued performance. A state does not maintain order when it kidnaps the law in order to justify kidnapping a leader. It promotes disdain for it.

International law does not support the US's forced seizure of a sitting head of state. None. According to Article 51 of the UN Charter, it is not self-defense. The UN Security Council did not approve it. Although there are numerous aspects of international law, it is not a moral justification for powerful nations to overthrow their governments through kidnapping. It is especially damaging to argue that a foreign head of state should be removed due to alleged human rights abuses or drug trafficking. Such a rule does not exist. Not under treaty law. Not under customary law. Not in any significant body of legal precedent.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/4/how-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-abduction-of-maduro-unfolded