The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on the grounds that he is “responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of population (children) and illegal transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.”
This is stated in the statement of the Court itself. In addition to Putin, another arrest warrant has been issued against Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights at the Kremlin. The crimes would have been committed in the occupied Ukrainian territory at least since February 24, 2022.
“A historic decision.” This is how Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin commented on Twitter on the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I am personally grateful to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan for this historic decision. We continue to cooperate closely with the ICC in cases of forced deportation of Ukrainian children. Over 40 volumes of files, over 1000 pages of evidence already shared with the Court,” he wrote on Twitter.
“The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin. No need to explain WHERE this document should be used,” wrote Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev on Twitter, adding a toilet paper emoji.
“We continue to work.” This was stated by Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Kremlin’s commissioner for children’s rights, commenting on the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against her on charges of forcibly transferring Ukrainian children, Tass reports.
Arrest warrant for Putin, an Italian among the judges
There is also an Italian judge among the three members of the International Criminal Court who, accepting the requests of the prosecutor Karim Khan, issued the arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This is Rosario Aitala, a member of the Commission of the Ministry of Justice that worked on the drafting of the Code on International Crimes, first with Minister Marta Cartabia, then with the current Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio.
Just yesterday the Code was approved by the Council of Ministers and will be illustrated on March 20, in London, by Nordio at the conference of ministers of justice in support of the action of the International Criminal Court. A former police officer, 54 years old, Aitala was born in Catania and teaches International Law at Luiss.
Article published on March 17, 2023 - 20pm
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