ICC members 'deeply concerned' by Russia's decision to put prosecutor on wanted list: The member states of the International Criminal Court on Saturday said they are 'deeply concerned' by Russia's decision to place a court prosecutor and several judges…
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has been added to the Russian interior ministry's wanted list, state-owned news agency TASS reported on Friday. File photo.The member states of the International Criminal Court on Saturday said they are"deeply concerned" by Russia's decision to place a court prosecutor and several judges on a wanted list.
The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC, the court's management oversight body, said in a statement it"regrets these acts of intimidation and unacceptable attempts to undermine the mandate of the International Criminal Court to investigate, sanction and prevent the commission of the gravest international crimes".
It said there were reasonable grounds to believe Putin and Russian child rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova bore individual criminal responsibility.
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