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The bombshell announcement on 17 March 2023 of ICC arrest warrants against Russian President Putin and his Children's Rights Ombudswoman Lvova-Belova put an ...

One can imagine that Putin’s reduced ‘ [global outlaw](https://cepa.org/article/putin-becomes-a-global-outlaw/)’ status and his toxicity as a war crime suspect, along with his growing international isolation and the increased cost of being associated with him, would contribute to the split of business and political elites. Rather than engaging in mandatory and expectably difficult consultations with the Court to try and enable Putin’s attendance, South Africa might just as well pay heed to [Justice Goldstone’s advice](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-19-putin-should-not-be-invited-to-visit-sa-for-the-august-2023-brics-meeting-in-pretoria/) and conclude it would be better off not inviting Putin to the summit. [Jordan referral regarding Al Bashir](https://www.icc-cpi.int/court-record/icc-02/05-01/09-397-corr) that States Parties may not invoke the foreign Head of State immunity under customary international law as a ground to refuse an ICC request for arrest and surrender because such immunities pose no bar to the exercise of the ICC’s jurisdiction while States Parties are obligated to assist the Court therein. He will surely avoid visits to countries where he could be arrested, or seek to obtain advance guarantees of non-arrest from his hosts, which would potentially be problematic and inconsistent with the obligations States Parties have under the Statute. As noted, the text of the Putin and Lvova-Belova warrants and related filings are not yet in the public domain. Therefore, any such country on the territory of which the person is found may also be requested by the ICC to cooperate by arresting and surrendering that person, and it may well choose or even be obliged to do so to do so under said arrangement or agreement. The pair are sought for the war crimes they allegedly committed as (co- and/or indirect) perpetrators under Article 25(3)(a) of the Statute. [PR occasion](https://youtu.be/pS5ugciaXtw?t=73) to convey the humanitarian character of the policy, the two suspects [discussed](http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70524) ‘evacuations’ of Ukrainian children to Russia. In addition, any State not party may be asked by the Court to provide assistance based on an ad hoc arrangement or an agreement as per Article 87(5)(a) of the Statute. [announcement](https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and) on 17 March 2023 of ICC arrest warrants against Russian President Putin and his Children’s Rights Ombudswoman Lvova-Belova put an end to one-year long speculations about the first cases to be brought before the ICC in relation to Ukraine. No official information is available on the status and details of this second case, but it cannot be excluded that Russia’s commander-in-chief would be in the crosshairs again, next to other high-ranking military officials. Putin is also allegedly responsible as a superior under Article 28(b) of the Statute —a first for the Court.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan urged countries Monday to find "the stamina to deliver on justice," as ministers from dozens of capitals ...

"They're not denying that children have crossed international boundaries. The event also included sessions on evidence gathering and co-ordination to progress investigations, it said. "It's absolutely vital that we unite behind the ICC, and that we support the office of the prosecutor with whatever it needs, whether it's resources, whether it's technical expertise, to continue with all of its investigations," he added. "We need to have, collectively, the stamina to deliver on justice," Khan said, calling the conflict in Ukraine a "moment of a reawakening" for the ICC system. "This needs to be a moment where we realize if we don't cling to the law, we may have nothing to cling to in the future." But the ICC chief prosecutor told the London conference that the court's investigation into the treatment of Ukrainian children was apolitical, independent and one of "the hallmarks of my office."

Russia opens criminal probe into court officials — and former president threatens Dutch courthouse with missile strikes.

Russia began criminal cases against the prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan and judges Tomoko Akane, Rosario Salvatore Aitala and Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez on the basis of them having committed “signs of crimes” under Russian law. “It is quite possible to imagine a hypersonic missile being fired from the North Sea from a Russian ship at the Hague courthouse. Look carefully to the sky …

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said Monday that the ICC "won't hesitate to act" over possible war crimes in Ukraine, as ministers from ...

"They're not denying that children have crossed international boundaries. "We can't do everything at once. Yesilgoz-Zegerius added that the international community "must take responsibility" for ensuring that the perpetrators of the crimes committed during the war in Ukraine are prosecuted. "We are gathering in London today united by one cause, to hold war criminals to account for the atrocities committed in Ukraine during this unjust, unprovoked and unlawful invasion," Raab said. "We have a standard that we must meet in terms of the criminal prosecutions," he told BBC radio. They are accused of the war crime of "illegal deportation" of Ukrainian children following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The International Criminal Court on Monday obtained pledges of financial and technical aid from over 40 countries to investigate crimes in Ukraine, ...

"Let me assure you the EU stands ready to continue providing" any support needed... "Given the indictment of President Putin on Friday, it was very important ... "We need to have, collectively, the stamina to deliver on justice," Khan said, calling the conflict in Ukraine a "moment of a reawakening" for the ICC system. "It's absolutely vital that we unite behind the ICC, and that we support the office of the prosecutor with whatever it needs, whether it's resources, whether it's technical expertise, to continue with all of its investigations," he added. ICC chief prosecutor Khan told the London conference that the court's investigation into the treatment of Ukrainian children was apolitical, independent and one of "the hallmarks of my office". ICC prosecutor Karim Khan urged countries to find "the stamina to deliver on justice," at the London meeting to discuss boosting support for ICC probes into the war in Ukraine.

Russia's top investigative body said on Monday it had opened a criminal case against the International Criminal Court prosecutor and judges who issued an ...

On Monday it said the court's move was a sign of the Russia has publicly said it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia in what it presents as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and abandoned children in the conflict zone. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza and John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporters. THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against Russian President ...

“It puts the fear in government because the interesting thing is that Russia is not even a member of the ICC,” Roberto Eugenio T. Duterte canceled Philippine membership in the ICC in 2018. Santiago, executive director of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Human Rights Center, told a news briefing. has said the Philippines would not rejoin the international tribunal. Colmenares, a former congressman and chairman of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, told BusinessWorld. “In the end, we hope that this will be a step toward peace.” “It is unprecedented given that his country is one of the most powerful in the world and he is the highest official so far to be issued such.” In a statement, the Gabriela Women’s Party said Mr. IDefend said the latest ICC move boosts their campaign for justice and accountability in the Philippines. The tribunal said it was not satisfied with Philippine efforts to probe the human rights abuses during the period. Putin and Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crime of illegally deporting children from Ukraine. The United Nations-backed court said it found reasonable grounds for Mr.

China on Monday called on the International Criminal Court to avoid what it called "double standards" and respect immunity for heads of state, after the ...

Wang also urged the court to "avoid politicisation and double standards", stressing the solution to the Ukraine conflict remained "dialogue and negotiation". The court should "uphold an objective and impartial stance" and "respect the immunity of heads of state from jurisdiction under international law", foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing. BEIJING, China — China on Monday called on the International Criminal Court to avoid what it called "double standards" and respect immunity for heads of state, after the tribunal issued an arrest warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges.

Justice ministers from over 40 countries met in London for the war crimes conference days after the global court issued an arrest warrant for Russian ...

Zelenskyy has long pushed for a tribunal to hold Russian leaders to account for the decision to invade Ukraine. "We share the belief that President Putin and the wider leadership must be held to account," Britain's Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said as he opened the meeting. Friday's move was the first time the court has issued a warrant against the leader of one of the five permanent members of the U.N.

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian president Putin over alleged transfer of Ukrainian children - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. We cannot be complacent that peace and prosperity and economic opportunity is the inevitable birthright of every child.” “I say repatriate the children, return the children, reunite the children.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's top ally and deputy chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev on Monday issued a hypersonic missile attack threat ...

The country withdrew its membership from ICC in 2016. This is not the first instance when Medvedev has made rather hyperbolic statements. A dark decline of the entire system of international relations is coming.

Hungary blocked European Union member states from issuing a joint statement about an international arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, ...

Letters: The international criminal court has charged Vladimir Putin, but ignored the west's crimes against humanity, writes Russell Caplan.

And the US is not a party, although Joe Biden has welcomed the ICC’s actions. Russia is not a party to the statute, yet the arrest warrant names its president. Ukraine is not a party, although the crimes are alleged to have been committed on its territory.