Irwin Cotler

Irwin Cotler is the former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, the pro bono international legal counsel to imprisoned Venezuelan democratic opposition leader Leopoldo López, a member of the OAS International Panel of Legal Experts on Venezuela, and the chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.

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Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaidó speaks to the press at the Federal Legislative Palace, in Caracas, on February 4, 2019.

Recognizing Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s Leader Isn’t a Coup. It’s an Embrace of Democracy.
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