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Russia Declares International Criminal Court President Wanted

Russia Declares International Criminal Court President Wanted
September 25, 2023

Another warrant was issued by the ICC against Russia's presidential commissioner for children's rights Maria Lvova-Belova on similar charges.

The Russian Interior Ministry has added the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Piotr Hofmanski, to its wanted list for unspecified reasons.

 

Russia on Monday declared wanted Piotr Hofmanski, who has been seeking President Vladimir Putin's arrest, according to Hindustan Times.

 

"Hofmanski Piotr Jozef, Polish. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," said a notice uploaded in the Russian interior ministry database.

 

According to the report, the details of the allegations against Hofmanski were not shared by the ministry. In March, an arrest warrant for Putin was announced by the Hague-based court on the war crime accusation of deporting Ukrainian children unlawfully.

 

Another warrant was issued by the ICC against Russia's presidential commissioner for children's rights Maria Lvova-Belova on similar charges.

 

Earlier, Russia issued arrest warrants for ICC prosecutor Karim Khan along with several judges. 

 

Russia, which does not have membership in the ICC, insists that the warrant against Putin is "void".

 

The ICC in September opened a field office in Ukraine so that it could hold Russian forces accountable for the offensive of Moscow in the Western-backed country.

 

Earlier this year, the ministry added ICC judges Tomoko Akane and Rosario Salvatore Aitala, as well as ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, after they issued arrest warrants in March for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's children's commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for being responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia since Moscow launched its invasion, a war crime under international legislation.

 

Russia retaliated by opening criminal cases against the ICC officials.

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