The ICC highlights the deportation and illegal transfer of children from the occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. Wrongdoing under article 8 of the Rome Statute which entered into force in 2002. “It is forbidden under international law to transfer people from their places of residence in their country to another.
Children enjoy special protection under the Geneva Convention,” said ICC President Judge Piotr Hofmański.
The head of the Kremlin is also accused, for the same acts, of having “failed to exercise adequate control over the civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts” under Article 28, but also of having committed these crimes “directly, jointly with others and/or through other persons”, according to Article 25.
The institution also states that the arrest warrant was issued “following requests submitted by the prosecution on 22 February 2023”.
Le Parisien
