A decree shields Russian president Putin from ICC arrest warrant.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning the enforcement of rulings issued by foreign criminal courts, a move that shields him from an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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The decree states that Russia will not enforce decisions by courts of foreign countries “without the participation of the Russian Federation, and by international judicial bodies whose jurisdiction is not based on an international treaty” involving Russia or on resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
President Putin’s decree introduces amendments to Article 6 of the Federal Constitutional Law on the Judicial System of the Russian Federation.
Russia withdrew its intention to accede to the Rome Statute — the legal foundation of the ICC — which in March 2023 issued an arrest warrant against Putin for the alleged forced deportation and illegal transfer of Ukrainian children to Russian territories.
Putin appoints Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky as Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) — decree pic.twitter.com/N9QU18Dj6F
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Russia signed the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding document, in 2000 but never ratified it. In 2016, Moscow revoked its signature after the court described Crimea’s incorporation into Russia as a “permanent occupation.”
Despite the ICC arrest warrant, Putin later traveled to countries such as Mongolia, which are signatories to the statute and ignored calls to detain the Russian leader.
Russian authorities responded to the ICC warrant by sentencing in absentia nine ICC prosecutors and judges to prison terms ranging from 3 1/2 to 15 years. Those sentenced include ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, Costa Rican judge Sergio Ugalde and Peruvian judge Luz del Carmen Ibanez.
Russia accused the ICC judges and prosecutors of initiating a criminal prosecution against representatives of a foreign state who are entitled to international immunity.
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