May 20, 2023
Public Prosecutor Karim Khan prepares for the trial of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERS
AMSTERDAM, May 20 (Reuters) - The member states of the
International Criminal Court on Saturday said they are "deeply
concerned" by Russia's decision to place a court prosecutor and several
judges on a wanted list.
The ICC's British prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been added to the
Russian Interior Ministry's wanted list, state-owned news agency TASS reported
on Friday, citing the ministry's database.
The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC, the
court's management oversight body, said in a statement it "regrets these
acts of intimidation and unacceptable attempts to undermine the mandate of the
International Criminal Court to investigate, sanction and prevent the
commission of the gravest international crimes."
The Hague-based
ICC issued a warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March,
accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting children from Ukraine.
It said there were
reasonable grounds to believe Putin and Russian child rights commissioner Maria
Lvova-Belova bore individual criminal responsibility.
"The
International Criminal Court is aware and profoundly concerned about
unwarranted and unjustified coercive measures reportedly taken against ICC
officials," the ICC said in a separate statement on Saturday.
"The ICC finds
these measures unacceptable. The Court will remain undeterred in the conduct of
its lawful mandate to ensure accountability for the gravest crimes of concern
to the international community as a whole."
Reporting by Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Hugh Lawson
May
19, 202311:05 PM GMT+7Last Updated a day ago
Russia
adds ICC prosecutor who sought Putin's arrest to wanted list, media report
MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) - Russia has issued an arrest warrant
for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who in March prepared a
warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges, Russian media
reported on Friday.
The British prosecutor, Karim Khan, was added to the Interior
Ministry's wanted list, state-owned news agency TASS said, citing the
ministry's database.
Moscow opened cases against Khan and three ICC judges on March
20, days after the order for Putin's arrest.
The ICC and its office
of the prosecutor had no immediate comment.
The ICC warrant orders
the arrest of Putin and Russia's ombudsman for children's rights, Maria
Lvova-Belova, on war crimes charges related to the abduction of Ukrainian
children.
Russia has not
concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian
children to Russia but presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect those
abandoned in the conflict zone.
Russia and Putin deny
committing war crimes offences during what the Kremlin calls its special military
operation in Ukraine, saying they are victims of Western aggression and lies.
Reporting by Reuters;
Editing by Hugh Lawson
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-adds-icc-judge-who-issued-putin-warrant-wanted-list-media-2023-05-19/
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