When Ukraine’s parliament voted recently to ratify the Rome Statute that set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), its leaders saw a clear strategic path: first, towards becoming the court’s 125th member state, but – more importantly – towards ultimately joining th...
On August 21, 2024, Ukraine's parliament took a significant step on the global stage by approving the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This momentous decision marks a pivotal development in Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its commitment to international law and huma...
Ukraine exhibits two, seemingly contradictory, attitudes towards the International Criminal Court (ICC). On the one hand, it lodged two ad hoc declarations, accepting the ICC's jurisdiction over certain alleged crimes occurring on its territory since late 2013; on the other hand, the desirability ...
President Joe Biden, for instance, calling the court’s decision “outrageous.” Amid wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, international humanitarian law meant to protect civilians has been eroded—and the United States is partially to blame, wrote the legal scholar Oona Hathaway in April. In ...
Ukraine turns to International Criminal Court over ‘terrorist’ killings in Mariupol Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday (26 January) he will give the EU ample evidence of who is behind the recent shelling of the city of Mariupol, in which more th...
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday (25 June) for alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
it relies on member parties to enforce arrest warrants it issues. but that can be thorny. the court in 2023 issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin on charges of war crimes in connection with his invasion of ukraine. nevertheless, putin this year traveled to mongolia, a...
The opening of an International Criminal Court investigation intothe crimesperpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine has raised hopes that Vladimir Putin’s regime will be brought to justice. But formidable obstacles stand in the way of actually holding the Russian president and his inner c...
accused by the global court of justice. The decision has been denounced by critics of the court and given only milquetoast approval by many of its supporters, a stark contrast to the robust backing ofan arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin last yearover ...
Sections Login 0 Comments Eight days after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there are mounting accusations that Russian forces are committing war crimes. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian airstrikes on Kharkiv were a war crime, carried out by...