Martes, 21 de marzo de 2023 (Continuación)

Europa, , , ,

When the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Friday that it had issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another key Russian official for charges related to an alleged scheme to forcibly deport thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, it also effectively placed Putin’s name on a short list alongside some of the most brutal leaders the world has seen since the end of World War II. With that, it branded him before the entire world — including the Russian people — as an international pariah, potentially guilty of historically egregious crimes.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the ICC’s move “outrageous and unacceptable”, dismissing the warrants as “null and void” for Russia.…  Seguir leyendo »

Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's children's rights commissioner, meeting with President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow. Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images.

Europa, , , ,

Warrants of arrest for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, commissioner for children’s rights in the president’s office, have been issued because the Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has reasonable grounds to believe they have committed war crimes.

Following an independent investigation and evidence-gathering by the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in his first new case since taking office, the pair are accused of committing two different war crimes – the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia, and the unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

The focus on those two war crimes is likely due to clear evidence that deportation and forcible transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children have occurred, as the Russian government was overt about its policy of taking Ukrainian children to Russia and placing them in camps or putting them up for adoption by Russian families.…  Seguir leyendo »