
German Minister Calls for War Crimes Arrest of Putin
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated his country will not risk a war with Russia in order to arrest President Putin while he attends the BRICS summit next month.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated his country will not risk a war with Russia in order to arrest President Putin while he attends the BRICS summit next month.

Despite the name, the new international body will not be able to prosecute the crime of aggression but is viewed as the first step toward creating another, Nuremberg-like war tribunal to put the entire Kremlin on the stand.

Russia went on a retaliatory spree, announcing entry bans for U.S. officials and opening criminal cases against ICC officials, while forcing Greenpeace into shuttering its Russian branch.

The International Criminal Court has no competence to persecute Russian war crimes in Ukraine. But perhaps the ICPA, launched by the Eurojust’s Joint Investigation Team will do.