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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin

  • March 17, 2023
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International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putinand Commissioner for Children’s Rights under the President of the Russian Federation,

International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putinand Commissioner for Children’s Rights under the President of the Russian Federation, Maria Alekseevna Lvova-Belovafor his participation in war crimes against Ukraine.

Through the II Pretrial Chamber, Putin and Alekseevna Lvova-Belova are accused of deportation and illegal transfer of girls and boys Ukrainians from areas occupied Russian Federation in a neighboring country. Presumably, the crimes have been committed since at least February 24, 2022, the day the crime began. invasion Russian in Ukraine.

“There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Putin (and Ms. Maria Alekseevna Lvova-Belova) criminal liability a person for the aforementioned crimes, for committing acts directly, jointly with other persons and/or through other persons (Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute); and for not doing adequate control on civilian subordinates and military who committed the acts,” the court said in a statement.

The Court’s charges are based on requests from the Prosecutor’s Office dated February 22, 2023, which established “reasonable grounds to believe that every suspect is responsible for a war crime illegal deportation of the population and illegal transfer population occupied territories of Ukraine Russian Federation to the detriment Ukrainian children“.

According to its website, “The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, if necessary, judge persons accused of crimes the most serious, which concern international community: genocide, war crimescrimes against humanity and the crime of aggression”.

Inside Assembly participate 123 countries33 from African states, 19 from Asia and the Pacific, 18 from Eastern Europe, 28 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and 25 from Western Europe and other states. No one Russiano one Ukraine included in the list of States Parties.

The UN International Independent Commission of Inquiry into Ukraine said yesterday in its report that the Russian authorities have committed a wide range of Violation of an individual’s rightswhich “consider war crimes and include intentional killings, attacks on civilians, false imprisonment, torture, rape and transfers and forced deportation of children“.

The war in Ukraine caused bias population unprecedented in Europe after World War II. In February 2023, UNHCR reported that 8 million Ukrainians are in refugees throughout Europe; another 5.4 million have been displaced within Ukraine.

IPC President Piotr Hofmnaski released the arrest warrant via video.

According to Reuters.

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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