10 Facts About Gonzalo Himiob

Gonzalo Himiob Santome was born on October 5,1969 and is a Venezuelan lawyer, writer and activist.

Gonzalo Himiob is a founding member of the non-governmental organization Foro Penal and is currently its vice-president.

Gonzalo Himiob graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in 1992, specializing in criminal science at the UCAB in 1996 and at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 2011.

Gonzalo Himiob was a university professor at the UCAB from 1996 to 2016 and has been a professor at the UCV since 2000.

Between 1999 and 2000 Gonzalo Himiob served as the coordinator of the civil association "Foro Constitucional de Venezuela", was a founding member of the non-governmental organization VIVE and is a founding member of the NGO Foro Penal, where he has served as national director since 2004.

Gonzalo Himiob has published several works, including political and legal essays and monographs, including The Government of Intolerance, a book that reviews the most emblematic cases of political persecution and discrimination during the government of Hugo Chavez; three collections of poetry: The Other Moons and the World, Chronicles of the Rhinoceros, the Lion and the Ostriches, and Nocturnatios; and his novels Absences Leave the Night and Feeling the Thirst.

Since 2014, Gonzalo Himiob has been singled out and criminalized on multiple occasions in the program Con el Mazo Dando de Diosdado Cabello, as well as in different public media and by official spokespersons.

Gonzalo Himiob has received threats against his physical and personal integrity because of his work as an activist.

In 2019, Gonzalo Himiob was awarded the Civil Courage Prize for his "strong resistance to evil, taking great personal risk".

In February 2020 Gonzalo Himiob was formally authorized as lawyer authorized to litigate before the International Criminal Court.