“The arrest would also undermine a South African-led mission to end the war in Ukraine and “foreclose any peaceful solution,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
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.
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.
The suspect, whose identity remains unknown, faces two charges: membership in a terrorist organization and membership in a criminal organization with the aim of committing war crimes.
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