“The International Criminal Court is aware of and deeply concerned about the unreasonable and unjustified coercive measures that were reportedly taken against ICC officials, in particular the court prosecutor and the judges of the Pre-Trial Chamber II, by the authorities of the Russian Federation. The ICC considers these measures unacceptable,” they said. in a court.
The court in The Hague emphasized that it “will continue to unswervingly fulfill its legitimate mandate to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes of concern to the entire international community.”
“The ICC stands firmly by its staff and officers and, in line with the statement released today by the President of the Assembly of States Parties, calls on all States Parties and stakeholders of the Rome Statute to intensify their efforts to protect the Court, its officers and its staff, and ensure its ability to continue fulfilling its independent mandate,” the statement said.
The fact that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Khan on the wanted list became known on May 19. The column “Grounds for the search” states that Khan is “wanted under an article of the Criminal Code.”
On March 17, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova. They are suspected of illegal deportation of children from the occupied regions of Ukraine to Russia.
Three days after that, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under articles on bringing a person known to be innocent to criminal responsibility (part 2 of article 299 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as on preparations for an attack on a representative of a foreign state enjoying international protection, in order to complicate international relations (part 2 of article 360 with the application of part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), Mediazona pointed out.
In particular, one of the defendants in the criminal case was the ICC prosecutor Khan.
2023-05-20 18:51:05
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