The Court believes that Russia has, among other things, illegally deported children from Ukrainian territory to Russia. – The indictment is a first concrete step, other investigations are also taking place in Ukraine, said Karim Khan. He is the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He says the ICC has identified at least hundreds of children who have been taken from orphanages in Ukraine. – Many of these children have since been given up for adoption in Russia. Russian authorities have repeatedly denied the accusations. The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague in the Netherlands. Photo: Thomson Reuters (Do not use this version of the image) The ICC also issues an arrest warrant for Russia’s children’s ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova. Lvova-Belova says she will “continue to do her job” despite the arrest warrant. Professor of criminology, Kjersti Lohne believes the news has great symbolic weight, but that one cannot expect to see Putin in The Hague anytime soon. – He probably won’t surrender, says Lohne. – What will it take to get Putin to The Hague? – The simple answer is a change of regime and that someone else is in power in Russia. Kjersti Lohne is professor of criminology. Photo: Press image / UiO At the same time, she believes that this has consequences for the president. Now he can’t travel wherever he wants. – If Putin travels to countries that are members of the court, they are obliged to arrest him and send him to The Hague, says Lohne and continues: – That makes him an international pariah. Hailing the decision Ukraine’s Attorney General Andriy Kostin hailed the decision on social media. – The world has received a signal that the Russian regime are criminals and that the leaders will be held accountable. This is a historic decision for Ukraine and the entire international legal system, Kostin wrote. Maria Zakharova is a spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP But Russia believes the arrest warrant has no meaning. – The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no significance for our country, wrote Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, on social media. Comparing it to toilet paper Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev compared the arrest warrant to toilet paper. – The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin. No need to explain WHERE this paper will be used, Medvedev wrote on Twitter, adding a toilet paper emoji. Photo: SCREEN BILD Countries such as the USA, China and India do not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction either. Earlier this week, Reuters reported that the ICC was expected to issue arrest warrants, the first in the court’s investigation into the Ukraine war. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan was in Ukraine a few weeks ago and met the Ukrainian president. Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the ICC, was in Ukraine a few weeks ago to see how the war has affected the country. Photo: VALENTYN OGIRENKO / Reuters The aim was to investigate whether Russia’s drone attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, which left millions without electricity and water, could be war crimes. The Court has the authority to prosecute individuals for international crimes where national legal systems are unwilling or unable to do so themselves.
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