Despite Moscow's arguments that it is not subject to the court's decisions, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor believes Russian President Vladimir Putin could stand trial for alleged crimes committed during Russia's war in Ukraine.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks to CNN's Clarissa Ward as an arrest warrant is issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin over allegations of war crimes. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor believes Russian President Vladimir Putin could stand trial for alleged crimes committed during Russia's war in Ukraine, he told CNN on Friday, despite Moscow's arguments that it is not subject to the court's decisions.
The move has already made history by making Putin the first head of state of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to be issued with an arrest warrant, Khan pointed out. But Khan said it doesn't matter."Article 27 of the Rome Statute makes it very clear that the official position of an individual is irrelevant to the jurisdiction of the court. The independent judges of the court have also found it appropriate" to issue the warrant, he added.
Referrals came flooding in."Within 48 hours, 39 state parties referred the Ukraine situation to my office, and it's now 43 from different parts of the world — from Japan, from Latin America, and from Europe. So that's one-third of all state parties to the court," he said.
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