- The International Criminal Court located in Hague involves itself mostly with what is the world’s most grievous offenses, including those perpetrated by very senior government officials like head of States.
- Currently, it has called for the detention of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children.
- Though it remains unclear how many children were deported to the Russian state, a Yale humanitarian report alleged that 6000 children had been crossed over to Russia, in the name of ‘acquiring further education’.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrest on suspicion of illegal deportation of children and forbidden transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
The court which mainly tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes across the globe, also handed out a warrant for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, on similar allegations.
Moscow the capital of Russia has refuted indictments that its forces have perpetrated dreadful offenses during the one-year invasion of its neighbor.
In Moscow’s first response to the news, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel: “The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view.”
“Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and bears no obligations under it,” she posted.
Though it remains unclear the actual number of children that were taken over to the Russian territory by the forces, a Yale humanitarian report alleged that at least 6000 children had been whisked out of Ukraine in the name of ‘pursuing further education’.
Russia signed the Rome Statute in 2000 but never approved it to become a member of the ICC, and finally withdrew its signature in 2016.
In comments to Al Jazeera, the ICC said that whatever the Russian state said pertaining its relationship with the ICC was by far, irrelevant.
