The Kremlin recalled today that Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after an American media reported that the high court will open two cases of war crimes against the country linked to its invasion of Ukraine and will process arrest warrants against several people.
“We do not recognize this court, we do not recognize the jurisdiction of this court. This is how we deal with this matter,” said the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov.
The newspaper “The New York Times” published today that the ICC, based in The Hague, anticipates make accusations against Russia for kidnapping Ukrainian children and deliberately targeting the country’s civilian infrastructure.
It’s about the first international charges that have been presented since the beginning of the conflict, on February 24 of last year, and occur after months of work by special teams to investigate war crimes, according to the newspaper.
In investigations it is alleged that Russia kidnapped Ukrainian children and teenagers and sent them to Russian re-education camps, and deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure.
chief prosecutor, Karim Khanyou must first present your charges before a panel of investigating magistrates, who before issuing arrest warrants will decide whether legal standards have been met or whether investigators need more evidence.
The New York newspaper notes that it is unclear who the court plans to indict in each case.
The Kremlin has denied the war crimes allegations.but international and Ukrainian investigators have gathered compelling evidence of a series of atrocities since the first days of the invasion, recalls the newspaper.
But despite the fact that Ukraine has already taken action against Russia at the ICC, this Hague-based court it can only prosecute crimes of aggression against another country if the State responsible is one of the signatories of the treaty that promoted its creation, among which Russia is not counted.
Hague Yes, it can prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity that may have been committed in Ukraine by Russian forcesbut the court does not have jurisdiction to judge the decision to invade that country, which makes very difficult to put Russian President Vladimir Putin on the bench.
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