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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (CPI), Karim Khan, sees it possible that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinfaces trial for alleged war crimes, he said this Friday in an interview with CNN.
“Those who believe it is impossible” hold the Russian leader accountable for acts committed in Ukraine “they don’t understand the story”assured Khan in statements to the American media.
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The prosecutor cited as examples the Nuremberg trials (1945-1946) -for war crimes in Nazi Germany- and the judicial process for the genocide in Rwanda.
“All of them (involved) powerful and imposing individuals and yet they ended up in court”Khan added.
The prosecutor also pointed out that, through the arrest warrant against Putin issued by the ICC This same Friday, we want to send a clear message: “No one should feel that they can commit genocide or crimes against humanity with impunity”.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant against the Russian president as “presumed responsible” of the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children and their transfer from occupied areas in Ukraine to Russiawhich is a war crime under the treaty of this court known as the Rome Statute.
The preliminaries room of the ICC also issued a second arrest warrant for Russian politician Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential commissioner for Rights of the Child in Russiawith the same accusation.
Both arrest warrants are the first of their kind issued by the ICC in the context of its investigation into possible war crimes committed by Russia in conflict with Ukraine.
The Russian government described the arrest warrant as “outrageous”, “inadmissible” and “legally void”since Russia It is not party to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
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