The warrant that the International Criminal Court The Hague has decried against Vladimir Putin, provided that it is valid only in 123 countries who have subscribed to it Statute of Rome. There aren’t any underneath United States, Israel, China and Ukraine. Without the arrest and extradition, the trial cannot take place. The Hague court’s decision was hailed as historic by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. While Kremlin He dismissed the matter, calling the move unacceptable and of no legal value. Among the judges who officially accused Putin war crimes There is also an Italian. This is Rosario Aitala, 55 years old, originally from Catania. But in any case, it is difficult to see the tsar in the dock. Even if traveling outside of Russia, the host country could enforce the principle of immunity for foreign heads of state. How it happened 2015 with the President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir visiting South Africa.
Russification and the kidnapped children
Russia has not recognized the court since 2017 2016. And in no case does it grant the extradition of its citizens. So it is very unlikely that the Russian President and the other accused, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belovato be delivered The Hague. At least as long as the current regime in Moscow is in place. Putin and Lvova Belova are accused of “illegal deportation of the population (children)”. And from illegal transmission. The crimes are believed to have been committed in Ukraine since February 24. According to Kiev, there could be over 16,000 in total. While the court spoke of hundreds of children taken from orphanages and foster homes. Some appointments date back to 2014. A few days ago, the commissar triumphantly announced the adoption of a 15-year-old girl from Mariupol. Last April there were at least 10 cases of missing children.
The stories
At that time, some reports came from Kiev, Irpin, Zaporizhia, Mariupol, Odessa. And there were also 200 open and confirmed cases of teenagers vanishing into thin air, probably kidnapped. Their surviving families have reported missing. A human rights group in Crimea has reported the disappearance of 150 to 200 minors. «Moved towards Donetsk occupied and Russian Taganrog,” he said at the time Olha Skrypnyk. was among them Kira, 12 years old, war orphan. Kira and her father’s partner tried to flee Mariupol on foot. But after he was injured in a mine explosion, the 12 years old She was taken to a hospital in Donetsk. Controlled by Ukrainian separatists recognized by Moscow. Which exploited rules granting Russian citizenship to minors to place them in adoptive families. A series of bureaucratic hurdles prevented parents from maintaining contact with their children. Which finally disappeared.
A difficult process
But the case against Putin remains a difficult process. If not impossible. As Professor Repubblica explains Marina Castellaneta, Full Professor of International Law at the University of Bari, “it is the duty of the Contracting States in whose territory the person against whom the arrest warrant is issued has to implement the provision. States must work together to bring the suspect to justice.” Upon arrest, the person must be produced before the appropriate judicial authority custody status. After service at the International Criminal Court, a hearing before the Pre-Trial Chamber is scheduled. And pre-trial validation of the allegations is required. Without the arrest and extradition, the trial cannot take place.
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