President Biden mentioned Friday {that a} transfer by the Worldwide Felony Court docket to challenge an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for conflict crimes was “justified.”
Chatting with reporters in Washington, he mentioned Putin had “clearly dedicated conflict crimes.”
Whereas the U.S. doesn’t acknowledge the court docket, Biden mentioned it “makes a really sturdy level” to name out the Russian chief’s actions in ordering the invasion.
The ICC accused Putin of non-public accountability for the abductions of youngsters in Ukraine, saying in an announcement that he’s “allegedly liable for the conflict crime of illegal deportation of (kids) and that of illegal switch of (kids) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.”
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ISSUES PUTIN ARREST WARRANT OVER CHILD DEPORTATIONS FROM UKRAINE
The transfer was instantly dismissed by Moscow.
It was the primary time the worldwide court docket has issued a warrant in opposition to a pacesetter of one of many 5 everlasting members of the U.N. Safety Council.
Moscow doesn’t acknowledge the court docket’s jurisdiction, or extradite its nationals. The probabilities of Putin going through trial on the ICC are extremely unlikely.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Russia doesn’t recognize the ICC and considers its selections “legally void,” calling the court docket’s transfer “outrageous and unacceptable.”
WHAT’S THE ICC THAT ISSUED PUTIN’S ARREST WARRANT AND WHAT CONSEQUENCES DOES HE FACE?
Peskov refused to remark when requested if Putin would keep away from making journeys to nations the place he may very well be arrested on the ICC’s warrant.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has deemed the ICC’s motion a “historic determination, from which historic accountability will start.”
Ukraine’s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, has mentioned that – based mostly on knowledge from the nation’s Nationwide Data Bureau – 16,226 kids have been deported. Ukraine has managed to deliver again 308 kids.
The court docket additionally issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for Youngsters’s Rights within the Workplace of the President of the Russian Federation.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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