International Criminal Court issues Putin arrest warrant over child deportations from Ukraine
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The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for his arrest. Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Ukrainian children
A warrant was also issued Friday for Maria Alekseevna Lyova-Belova, the commissioner for children’s rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation. ICC announced. “There are reasonable grounds to believe that each suspected war crime is responsible for the illegal deportation of the population and the illegal transfer of the population from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation with prejudice against Ukrainian children.” Is.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he delivers his annual state of the nation address, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Sergei Karpokhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool photo via AP)
The US is not a member. It neither supports the ICC nor recognizes the authority of the judicial body.
The ICC wrote that Putin is allegedly responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of population(s) and the illegal transfer of population(s) from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
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Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, rejected the arrest warrant, saying that the decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view.
“Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and does not bear obligations under it,” Zakharova said. “Russia does not cooperate with this institution, and possible “tricks” of arrest from the International Court of Justice would be legally void for us.”
A view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter DeJong, File)
The General Prosecutor of Ukraine, Andriy Costin, expressed his happiness over this decision.
“Now, if Putin leaves Russia, he will be arrested and handed over to the ICC,” Kosten said. “World leaders will think twice before shaking hands or sitting at the negotiating table with Putin. This is another clear signal to the world that the Russian regime is criminal.”
While the court was established as an international judicial body with the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1998, the ICC began its original operations in 2002 in The Hague, Netherlands.
till today, 123 countries have ratified this treaty. and approved the authority of the Court in international prosecution.
The court’s job is to try people guilty of the worst crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. It has universal jurisdiction and is intended as a last resort when national governments either passively or outright refuse to prosecute.
Last year, the ICC announced it had launched the largest “single-field” investigation since its inception 20 years ago. Russia’s deadly war in Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an extended board meeting of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office on March 15, 2023 in Moscow. (Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
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