[Jan-Michael Simon is a Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. This post will not focus on the substantive findings of the FFM-Venezuela, but rather on whether the FFM-Venezuela had been mandated to identify individuals allegedly responsible for crimes against humanity. It will argue that by having carried out an extensive interpretation … Continue reading On the Mandate of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela to Identify Individuals Allegedly Responsible for the Commission of Crimes Against Humanity