German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The International Criminal Court is the right institution to investigate war crimes,” Scholz said during a visit to Tokyo.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The International Criminal Court is the right institution to investigate war crimes,” Scholz said during a visit to Tokyo.
According to Scholz, no one is above the law. The German government has always ensured that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is respected.
“The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the right institution to investigate war crimes. The fact is that no one is above the law, and this is becoming obvious now,” emphasized Scholtz in an interview with “Sky News”.
The German chancellor also said he did not know if Putin would attend the G20 summit in India.
Experts explain that the decision to issue a warrant specifically in connection with child abduction and deportation is determined by the fact that there is already enough convincing evidence in these cases.
❗️ This video could be one of the reasons why the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and the Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.
The video shows Lvova-Belova bragging to Putin that she stole and illegally… https://t.co/HaqZpHwFqa pic.twitter.com/RzLVg3GNmq
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 17, 2023
The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Žuzeps Borel, warned that the arrest warrant in the child deportation case is only the beginning of the prosecution of Russian war criminals.
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It has already been reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and children’s rights defender Maria Lvova-Belova for the deportation of Ukrainian children.
Russia is not a member of the ICC and it is unclear how the ICC plans to enforce the warrant. Ukraine is also not a member of the ICC, but Kyiv has accepted the court’s jurisdiction and is cooperating with its prosecutor’s office.
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