The leader lawyer for the government of Ukraine, Ben Emmerson, tells Sky News that he believes the main aim of the arrest warrant is to make Mr Putin and those around him aware of 'the very real risk that exists of being held accountable criminally in due course'.
An arrest warrant issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin is the International Criminal Court's "first shot" in what could be a substantial indictment against him, Ukraine's leading lawyer has said.of being responsible for the abduction of children from Ukraine.'s commissioner for children, on similar allegations of war crimes.
He said the immediate timing seems to have been the decision by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva"to publish a report detailing what the judges believe to be Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine - including the allegations of the forced transfer of children from Ukraine into Russia as a war crime".
He went on to say that he believes the main aim is to make Mr Putin and those around him aware of"the very real risk that exists of being held accountable criminally in due course". "In other words, he would choose cases that he was very confident could be won and won with evidential support," said Mr Emmerson.How Russia 'stole' Ukrainian kidsMr Emmerson suspects that the reason why this particular charge has been selected in the indictment against Mr Putin is that"proving his responsibility for this and indeed the responsibility of the children's commissioner is straightforward".
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