,The contents of the warrant are secret to protect the victims.“said ICC President Piotr Hoffmannsky. “Nevertheless, the judges decided to make public the existence of the warrant In the interests of justice and to prevent future offenses,
ICC Pre-trial Chamber II also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights. The order states that everyAllegedly responsible for the war crime of illegal deportationThe UN-backed court announced the warrant, saying “for Russians’ children from the occupied territories in Ukraine.
‘criminal responsibility’
“crimes were Allegedly committed in Ukrainian-occupied territory At least from 24 February 2022,” the ICC elaborated. “There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Putin and Ms. Lvova-Belova bear personal criminal responsibility,
the court found reasonable reason He Mr. Putin bears responsibility to do acts directly, jointly with others and, or through others, and “for” failure to control properly upon civil and military subordinates who committed the acts, or permitted their commission, and who were under their effective authority and controlBetter according to responsibility”.
all fit the charge rome law, Neither Russia nor Ukraine is a party to the statuteWhich created the judicial body in 1998.
protect the victims
ICC Prosecutor Karim AA Khan Said Those responsible for alleged crimes must be held accountable and that the children should be returned to their families and communities.
“We Cannot allow children to be treated as if they are spoils of war,” he said. “The incidents identified by my office involve the deportation of at least hundreds of children taken from orphanages and child care homes. Many of these children, we allege, have since been put up for adoption in the Russian Federation. are taken for granted.
Through presidential decrees issued by President Putin Law changed in Russia To expedite the granting of Russian citizenship, thereby making it easier for them to be adopted by Russian families.
“My office alleges that these actions, among others, demonstrate an intent to permanently remove these children from their own country,” he said. “In these exiles, Ukrainian children were protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention.,
The Chamber initially decided that the warrants should not be published in order to protect victims and witnesses. also to protect the probeMr. Hoffmansky said.
However, bearing in mind that the conduct is addressed in Current status reportedly runningand that public awareness of warrants could contribute to the prevention of further commission of crimes, the Chamber recognized that it “in interests of justice to authorize the registry to publicly disclose the existence of the warrantthe names of the suspects, the offenses for which the warrants have been issued, and the manner of liability established by the Chamber”, the ICC said.
Asked by reporters at the regular afternoon briefing in New York on Friday to comment on the arrest warrant, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric insisted that the ICC and the UN “separate institution with separate mandate,
ICC arrest warrant in case of Ukraine: statement of President Piotr Hoffmannsky
About ICC
International Criminal Court is a independent, permanent judicial body, It was established in accordance with the Rome Statute, which was signed at a conference in the Italian capital on 17 July 1998.
Its jurisdiction extends to all the most serious international crimes committed after 1 July 2002, the date on which the Rome Statute entered into force.
The court’s jurisdiction is limited to the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
During its first 20 years of operation, the ICC has tried and resolved cases of importance to international justice, highlighting crimes committed by the use of child soldiers, the destruction of cultural heritage, sexual violence, or attacks on innocent civilians .