Robert Carmona-Borjas

Robert Carmona-Borjas is a Venezuelan-American lawyer, academic, and writer. He currently holds a faculty position at American University in Washington, D.C. and has previously taught at George Washington University.

Career Carmona-Borjas taught at the Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela. an anti-corruption foundation aiming to promote the values of rule of law and democracy in politically tumultuous regions of the world. The organization has worked in Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Uganda and the United States. Arcadia has recently allocated focus to the corruption occurring within Honduras' Hondutel, and pressed for criminal charges. He has uncovered Marcelo Chimirri's activities. Marcelo Chimirri is the nephew of Manuel Zelaya Rosales.

In November 2024, the Arcadia Foundation and Robert Carmona‑Borjas submitted a request to the ICC Appeals Chamber seeking the Prosecutor's recusal in the Venezuela I situation; the Chamber dismissed the request in February 2025 on standing grounds.

Following an ex officio review submitted by Robert Carmona-Borjas on March 24, 2025, on 1 August 2025 the Appeals Chamber held that “there are reasons to believe that a ground for disqualification of the Prosecutor exists” and instructed him to seek excusal within three weeks (ICC‑02/18‑118, dispositive paras. 1–2). The ad hoc ICC Presidency granted the Prosecutor's request to be excused from the Venezuela I situation on 2 September 2025 (ICC‑02/18‑125). These developments were widely reported by international media.

Books