« Veritas occultum revelat » Réflexions autour d'un acte d'ingérence contemporaine
Journal: SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository
Year: 2026

This text examines a major act of foreign interference that occurred in 2026—the extraterritorial arrest of the Venezuelan president by the United States—to show how it exposes the erosion of the foundational principles of the contemporary international legal order. The author argues that this action violates several core norms of international law (territorial sovereignty, personal immunities of heads of state, and exclusive territorial jurisdiction) and reveals the fluctuating and selective no