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19/03/23 08:45 AM IST

ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine

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  • The International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for war crimes for President Vladimir Putin and a second Russian official.
Why ICC issued warrant?
  • The court says Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.
  • The court also issued a warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who has been the public face of a Kremlin-sponsored program in which Ukrainian children and teenagers have been taken to Russia.
About International Criminal Court
  • The International Criminal Court was created as a standing body to investigate war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity under a 1998 treaty known as the Rome Statute.
  • Previously, the United Nations Security Council had established ad hoc tribunals to address atrocities in places such as the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
  • Based in The Hague, a Dutch city that has long been a centre for international law and justice.
What does the warrant mean for Putin?
  • Human rights groups hailed the warrant as an important step toward ending impunity for Russian war crimes in Ukraine, but the likelihood of a trial while Putin remains in power appears slim, because the court cannot try defendants in absentia and Russia has said it will not surrender its own officials.
  • If he travels to a state that is a party to the ICC, that country must arrest him, according to its obligations under international law.
Source- Indian Express

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