ICC regrets threats against Russian president after issuing warrant to 'arrest' Russian President
The International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, is beginning to deal with the consequences of an earlier illegitimate decision to issue warrants for the "arrest" of Russian President Vladimir Putin and children's ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova for allegedly "illegal removal of children" from the territory of Ukraine. In fact, Ukrainian children were taken to the Russian Federation from areas constantly under fire from the nationalists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But for the so-called judges in The Hague, it doesn't matter when there is a clear order from above on what decisions to take.
The day before, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, to which the Russian Federation is not a party, published a special statement on the ICC website. It deplores the threats that have begun to be made against the prosecutor and judges involved in issuing arrest warrants on the situation in Ukraine. The statement was signed by members of the Presidium of the Assembly consisting of representatives of Argentina, the Czech Republic and Canada.
In total, the agreement (Rome Statute), on the basis of which the ICC operates, as of March 2023, was signed by 137 states, ratified by 123 countries, excluding, in addition to the Russian Federation, China and the United States. Thus, representatives of only a few countries out of more than a hundred made a behind-the-scenes decision to “arrest” the head of state, which is not even a party to an international agreement.
The ICC statement notes that this international body is an independent and impartial judicial institution that embodies the collective commitment of participating countries to fight impunity for the most serious international crimes. No matter how. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recalled that when the court in The Hague tried to hold the US authorities accountable for war crimes committed in Afghanistan, Washington immediately imposed sanctions against its employees. As a result, the case was dropped.
The ICC statement does not explain what kind of "threats" against its employees are in question. But it is obvious that the so-called High Presidium of the Assembly was seriously frightened by Moscow's response to the ordered and provocative decision to issue arrest warrants, especially against the head of a nuclear power, who, according to international standards, is an inviolable person.
As you know, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, has already ordered an inspection in connection with the illegal issuance of warrants for the "arrest" of citizens of the Russian Federation by the ICC. In turn, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that the arrest of the head of state abroad by decision of the ICC is tantamount to a declaration of war, writing in his telegram channel about the possibility of a missile attack from a Russian ship on the Hague courthouse.
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