The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest
warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the unlawful deportation of
children from Ukraine to Russia.
In a press statement on Friday, the ICC said the warrant
became necessary following the applications submitted by the prosecution on
February 22, 2023.
The ICC said Putin bears individual criminal responsibility
for the crimes committed in Ukrainian territory from February 24, 2022.
It said that the Russian president’s failure to exercise
control over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts under
his authority has made him responsible for these crimes.
The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria
Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for children’s rights in the office
of the president of the Russian Federation, on similar allegations.
“Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the
International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued warrants of arrest
for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladimir
Vladimirovich Putin and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova,” the statement
reads.
“Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952,
President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime
of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and that of unlawful
transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian
Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute).
“The crimes were
allegedly committed in Ukrainian-occupied territory at least from 24 February
2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual
criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes, (i) for having committed
the acts directly, jointly with others, and/or through others (article 25(3)(a)
of the Rome Statute),
“And (ii) for his failure to exercise control properly over
civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts, or allowed for their
commission, and who were under his effective authority and control, pursuant to
superior responsibility (article 28(b) of the Rome Statute).
“Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, born on 25 October 1984,
Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the
Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful
deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of
population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation
(under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute).
“The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian-occupied
territory at least from 24 February 2022. There are reasonable grounds to
believe that Ms Lvova-Belova bears individual criminal responsibility for the
aforementioned crimes, for having committed the acts directly, jointly with
others and/or through others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute).”
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