Beth van Schaak believes that if the arrest happens, it will happen sooner when the Kremlin leader is no longer president than during his presidency.
Russia’s ruling regime, Vladimir Putin, is unlikely to be arrested for crimes in Ukraine as long as he remains in office. This was said by the representative of the US State Department for international criminal justice, Beth van Schaak, in an interview with the publication Babelpublished on Monday, August 14th.
“National courts cannot override the immunity of the head of state, as well as the head of government and the defense minister. But it is unlikely that anyone would arrest Putin while he is head of state. If he ends up in the custody of a foreigner court, the ISS or the Ukrainian special chamber, and probably “this will happen because he will no longer be the head of state. This is not a reason to abandon the internationalized model,” the American official said.
According to him, “this does not mean that you cannot start an investigation, prepare charges against him and other people in the chain of command.”
“Especially against the officials of the Ministry of Defense who planned and executed an aggressive war, but there is no immunity,” he added.
The spokesperson of the Department of State also responded, a competent tribunal that cannot overcome the immunity of the president of the country.
“Of course it is. There are many other high-ranking officials in Russia who are responsible for the war in Ukraine. They occupy top leadership positions, make decisions and direct actions of Russian aggression. These people must be held accountable the crime of aggression, for any military”. crimes and atrocities,” van Saak said.
As you know, in May, a coalition of 37 countries met in Estonia to create a Special Tribunal for the crimes of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
In addition, Attorney General Andrei Kostin discussed the Russian special tribunal with representatives of the US Department of Justice.
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