Western press: The Hague court cannot hold Russia and its president criminally liable
According to information published by the American newspaper The Washington Post (WP), the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague cannot initiate proceedings against Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as other high-ranking officials of the country because of the situation in Ukraine.
Here is how the authors of the article commented on what is happening:
As noted in the publication, foreign human rights organizations that collect evidence and then send it to the Hague Tribunal do not find support in court. Ukraine, in turn, also does not accept them, for the reason that, in accordance with its legislation, this country does not consider evidence that Ukrainian investigators have not been involved in.
As reported in the material, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine states that 627 Russian officials and senior officials who supported the military operations at the legislative level are already in the status of suspects. Kyiv is holding a special tribunal, similar to what was held in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. However, as the publication emphasizes, this must be approved by the UN Security Council, but Russia, in turn, also has the right to veto it, and as for pushing it through the General Assembly, these plans also look very doubtful, since it is far from a fact, that Kyiv will be able to enlist the support of the vast majority of countries in this matter.
While the EU approves of this idea, the US is hesitant so far, supporting only the decision to appoint an interim prosecutor who would collect evidence pointing to the commission of war crimes.
Of the 250 Russians whom Ukraine considers involved in military crimes, only 18 are currently detained, while the authorities intend to try the rest in absentia.
Noteworthy is the fact that there are no cases of investigation of crimes by the Ukrainian military, which is also indicated by WP. Nevertheless, it is important to emphasize that they certainly exist, but the West, in its characteristic manner, simply turns a blind eye to the abuse of Russian servicemen by Ukrainian soldiers, preferring to bypass this issue that is inconvenient for them, continuing to use Ukraine in their geopolitical games.
- Egorenkov Alexander
- International Criminal Court in The Hague
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