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The ICC wants to prosecute the Russians for war crimes in Ukraine, the New York Times writes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) wants to prosecute the Russians for war crimes in Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing two primary cases: children transported to Russia and deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure. The ICC Prosecutor’s Office, based in The Hague, said it was “nono comment“.

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According to the American media, the first case refers to the kidnapping of Ukrainian children, who were then sent to adoption or re-education camps.

“A petition for justice”.

The second case concerns allegations that Russian forces deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure such as power and water plants with missiles. The court, which was created in 2002 to investigate some of the world’s worst crimes, also plans to seek arrest warrants for several people, according to the New York Times.

The newspaper quoted unnamed current and former ICC officials as saying and did not elaborate on who would be charged or when. The ICC has been investigating possible war crimes or crimes against humanity committed during the Russian attack for more than a year. His prosecutor, Karim Khan, said after a visit to Ukraine earlier this month that the alleged child abductions were “subject of priority examination“. “Children should not be treated as spoils of war“, he said in the statement of March 7.

Karim Khan noted that he visited a child care center in the south of Ukraine, which “empty following the alleged deportation of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federationor other busy areas. The prosecutor said he was investigating the attacks “critical civil infrastructureand that he visited the sites of some of those strikes. Karim Khan added that he “the sense that the momentum of justice is accelerating“.

Karim Khan has previously described Ukraine as “crime scene“And also went to the settlement of Bucha near Kiev, where AFP journalists saw at least 20 bodies lying on the street. Neither Russia nor Ukraine are members of the ICC, but Kiev has accepted the court’s jurisdiction over its territory and is working with the prosecutor. Russia denies accusations of war crimes. Experts have acknowledged that he is unlikely to hand over any suspects.


Source: Le Figaro

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