The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) applauded the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russian President Vladimir Putin, insofar as it “It is a great day for the many victims of the crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine since 2014.”
One of the heads of the HRW international justice office, Balkees Jarrah, stressed in a statement that since this Friday Putin is “a wanted man” and has seen in the order “a first step to end impunity” that for years has surrounded the Ukrainian conflict.
The arrest warrants, which also extend to the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights of the Russian Federation, Maria Alekseievna Lvova-Belova, and which relate to the forced transfer of Ukrainian children, “they send the clear message that giving orders to commit or tolerate crimes against civilians can lead to jail time”according to Jarrah.
In this sense, he considers that they are “a wake-up call” for other people who also commit abuses and who will be persecuted sooner or later, “regardless of their rank or position.”
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin on Friday for his role in kidnapping children from Ukraine. The court said in a statement that the Russian president “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of population (children) and the illegal transfer of population (children) from the occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”.
“There can be no impunity”
On the other hand, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, it also welcomed this ICC order, stating that it “is just the beginning of the process of bringing Russia and its leaders to account.”
“The seriousness of the crimes and the ICC statement speak for themselves,” said Borrell, who has indicated that this is an “important” decision for international justice and for the people of Ukraine. “There can be no impunity,” he warned, while guaranteeing that the European Union (EU) “appreciates and supports” the work of the Court and its investigation, since the Union “has always made it clear that those responsible for the illegal aggression against Ukraine must be brought to justice.”
AND Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dimitro Kuleba, applauded the decision of the Court against Putin. He pointed out that “the wheels of Justice are turning” and asserted on his Twitter profile that “international criminals will be held accountable for stealing children and other international crimes.”
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal highlighted what he considers “a significant step towards justice.” “After all, Putin is responsible for these and other crimes of aggression,” he asserted in a brief post on his official Telegram channel. “The leader of the terrorist state must be brought before the courts and answer for all crimes against Ukraine,” Shmigal remarked.
The head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, denounced Putin for the alleged crimes attributed to him by the ICC and recounted that, since the outbreak of the war, kyiv has registered “more than 16,000 cases of forced deportation of children”.
Together with President Putin, the ICC has also issued an arrest warrant for the same reason against the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights of the Russian Federation, Maria Alekseievna Lvova-Belova, as the court announced this Friday in a statement. .
The court understands “reasonable grounds” to believe that Putin “has individual criminal responsibility” for these crimes, either for their “direct” commission or for having been incapable of committing them. “exercise adequate control over the civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts.”
(With information from EuropaPress)
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