The International Criminal Court today issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is charged with war crimes over the deportation of thousands of children in Russia Ukraine. A document classified as “historic” by the government of Kyiv and branded by those as “toilet paper”. Fly. Among the judges of the Hague court who formally accused Putin war crimes There is also an Italian. It’s about Rosario Aitala, 55 years old and originally from Catania. A former police officer, Aitala teaches international criminal law at Luiss University but has thirty years of experience in law, criminal phenomena, human rights and international relations. During his career in the judiciary, which began in 1997, Aitala held various positions in Milan, Trapani and Rome, dealing mainly with mafia, corruption and international terrorism. “International criminal law is a way of looking at the world. Anyone who reads the pages of the history of mass atrocities, even if they are very distant in time and space, will witness crimes that call for justice,” writes the judge at the International Criminal Court in one of his latest books.
The experience abroad
Before arriving in The Hague, Aitala was also a consultant for crisis areas and the international crime of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Albania, Afghanistan, the Balkans and Latin America and a member of the Commission war crimes founded by the Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia. In fact, he was the one who helped the Keeper of the Seals draft the document Code of International Crimes. A document approved by the Council of Ministers just yesterday and illustrated on Monday at London by Cartabia’s successor Carlo Nordio at the Justice Ministers’ Conference. In 2018, Aitala was finally elected to the International Criminal Court. A position he will hold for nine years until 2027.
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