The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant this Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin as “suspected of involvement” in the illegal deportation of children and their transfer from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia, which is a war crime.
preliminary hall ICC he also issued a second arrest warrant for Russian politician Maria Lvova-Belova, the presidential commissioner for children’s rights in Russia, on the same charges.
Both arrest warrants are the first of their kind issued ICC in the context of its investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinBorn October 7, 1952, President of the Russian Federation, allegedly responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of the population (children) and illegal transfer of the population (children) from the occupied regions of the Russian Federation. Ukraine in Russia”stated in the official indictment, which argues for the issuance of an arrest warrant.
The crimes he is accused of have been committed since at least February 24, 2022 in the “occupied territory Ukraine”, pointed to ICCwho believes that there are “reasonable grounds” for believing that Vladimir Putin bears “individual criminal responsibility” for the war crime that the deportation of minors entails.
Personal responsibility Vladimir Putinas head of state and superior officer, can be translated as “acting directly, with or through others” or as “failure to exercise proper control over one’s civilian or military subordinates who have acted or allowed them to be committed”. and were under his control and effective authority”, as explained in article 28 of the memorandum of association ICC.
Russian answer
Russia condemned the decision ICC as “devoid of legal significance”.
“The decisions of the International Criminal Court are meaningless for our country, even from a legal point of view,” Russian diplomacy spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram, without directly mentioning Russia. vladimir Putin in your message.
The Court, established in 2002 to deal with the world’s most serious crimes, investigates possible war crimes or crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine during the Russian offensive.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine are members ICCbut Kyiv has accepted the jurisdiction of the court over its territory and is working with the prosecutor’s office.
Greetings from the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine thanked ICC an arrest warrant issued by this court in The Hague against the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
“I personally thank the prosecutor ICC Karim Khan is a historic decision,” Andriy Kostin, head of the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, wrote on Twitter, recalling that the Ukrainian judicial system is investigating the forced deportation to Russia of more than 16,000 Ukrainian children from Moscow-occupied territories.
“We fear that the real numbers are much higher,” added the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, who also explained that the Kyiv authorities handed over to The Hague more than 40 volumes and a thousand pages of evidence documenting these cases.
Kostin recalled that the order issued by The Hague obliges the countries that are part of the court to arrest and hand over the Russian president to the authorities. ICC. “World leaders should think twice before shaking hands or sitting with wayn,” the Ukrainian prosecutor emphasizes.
(According to EFE and AFP)
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