The Hague, Netherlands (AP) – Vladimir Putin can travel abroad next week – for – for Potentially important talks Along with US President Donald Trump – despite the Russian leader facing the arrest warrant of an international criminal court.
Wanted by Putin court On one Warrant Moscow dating back until March 2023 for alleged involvement in kidnapping of children from Ukraine during a conflict starting with his neighbor’s invasion.
The court, Hug, headquarters in the Netherlands, depends on other countries to arrest the suspects and there is a spotted history of cooperation.
Putin knows that he has traveled abroad since the warrant was issued, including the ICC member state. MongoliaThey have also traveled China And North Korea, who is not a member of the court.
Choosing the United Arab Emirates as a site would mean that Putin will have to visit another country who is not a member of the Global Court.
International criminal court
The court was established in 2002 and aims to hold leaders and senior officials responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. It has 125 member states, but three major global powers – the United States, Russia and China – are not members. Officially Ukraine Joined court In January.
This year, more than 900 employees work for the budget of 195 million euros ($ 228 million) this year.
In indication of problems ariring suspects, judges have issued warrants to 61 people and are 30 large.
The ICC is a court of the last resort, which means that it takes only on cases when the legal system of other countries is unable to prosecute the suspects.
Both the United States and Russia oppose the court
Trump’s administration has slapped restrictions After Trump’s signature, the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan. Executive orders banning ICCHe accuses the US and Israel to “illegitimate and baseless tasks”. The court has issued a arrest warrant for two top Israeli officers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And on the alleged war crimes at former Defense Minister Yov Galant, Gaza. They deny the allegations, and Netanyahu called the warrant “absurd”.
Trump first Approved the predecessor of KhanFatau Bansoda, in its first term at the White House and the Biden administration later lifted those sanctions.
Russia also rejects the right of the court and has issued Warrant for Khan And the ICC Judge who signed Putin’s warrant.
Countries that have not arrested the suspects and are a notable
This is not just Mongolia that has failed to arrest a suspect wanted by the court. In April, Netanyahu visited the ICC member state Hungary, and was not arrested. Instead, the Israeli leader received a welcome to Lal-Kalin from Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, who later said that his country does not arrest his upcoming friends. Hungary is now in process Leaving court,
Left only other countries are Burundi and the Philippines, whose former president, Rodrigo Dutee, is detained in the court cell block in Hague. Arrested On allegations of crime against humanity related to the deadly of his government Crackdown on drugs.
Duterte was arrested by the Philippine police in his home country in March as he arrived on a flight from Hong Kong. President Ferdinand Marcos said that the arrest was “appropriate and correct” and not the work of political harassment.
South Africa allowed the then Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir Go to 2015 Without arresting him. Al-Bashir is wanted on allegations, including a massacre for his role in a bloody conflict in the Western Darfur region of Sudan in the 2000s. He is in jail in his own country, but is still not sent to the Hague even after being excluded from the office in 2019 in a popular rebellion.
ICC prosecutor is on leave amidst the investigation of morality
ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan has pending the result of the investigation Allegations of sexual misconductHe clearly denied the allegations that he tried to include a female colleague in a sexual relationship for more than a year and grabbed her against her wish.
No date has been set for the completion of the investigation.
Mike cadre, Associated Press
