WARRANTS OF ARREST HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA AND COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN'S RIGHT BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

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The International Criminal Court has issued  warrants of arrest to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin the president of Russia and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova the commissioner of children rights. These was issued on the 17th of March 2023 ,on grounds of the war in Ukraine. 

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a politician and has served as the prime minister before becoming the president of Russian . Due to the war in Ukraine caused by Putin ,he has been accused by America for war crime and now has been alleged for war crime of unlawful deportation of civilians and for unlawful transfer of civilians from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russian as stated by  articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute. It is alleged that Mr Putin is guilty for the above crimes either committed directly, jointly with others or through others.

Also, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova is the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the  President of Russian. She is  alleged for the above mentioned crimes too.


The Chamber of the International Criminal Court stated that the warrants are secret in order to protect victims/witnesses and also to safeguard the investigation. The warrants may contribute to the prevention of the further commission of crimes, the Chamber considered that it is on grounds of justice to authorized the Registry to publicly disclose the existence of the warrants, names of suspects, the crimes for which the warrants are issued, and the modes of liability as established by the Chamber.These arrest warrants were issued pursuant to the applications submitted by the Prosecution on 22 February 2023.




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