Didn't the ICC issue a warrant for GW Bush's arrest over the bombings of civilians in Iraq? US has a long list of bombing civilians directly, like in Vietnam, Japan, Iraq, Syria, etc. Now, aren't those considered war crimes? In war, things happen that normally, does not happen but, the current tit for tat between Russia and Ukraine shows the glaring difference. Russia targets military targets, its missiles get deflected and hits apartments and a handful of Ukrainian civilians end up getting injured or killed. Ukraine in turn, fires rockets or artillery directly, on ethnic Russians in the Luhansk and Donetsk areas with no criticism whatsoever? That is obviously, war crimes. Add to that, Ukrainian military hiding tanks between apartment buildings or storing weapons and ammo in warehouses near residential areas----that would amount to a war crime if one was being honest. The Nazi officers who got arrested and tried in Nuremberg got stiff sentences but, Germany commuted those sentences to a few years tops. Explain that Sherlock for all Germany being outraged at Russia? Just like the FBI and DOJ going after President Donald Trump and trying to nail him on the wall while, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, the Obamas, the Clintons, etc. go off scot free without even a reprimand, for all they have done?
Sorry smallfil, the ICC never issued an arrest warrant for GW Bush. Nice fantasy you have there. Nor did the ICC issue arrest warrants for the leaders of the other 40 or so nations in the coalition.
Why the World Needs a Special Tribunal to Prosecute Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023...ute-russias-aggression-against-ukraine-a81606
The War Criminal is not going to South Africa. South Africa says Putin will skip a summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant https://apnews.com/article/putin-br...a-icc-arrest-3c67877a198f25ceee9adad9f1dbe495 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Vladimir Putin has agreed not to attend an economic summit in Johannesburg next month after being asked to stay away by host country South Africa, which was facing a major legal quandary over whether to arrest the Russian president on an International Criminal Court warrant. The August summit brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — a bloc of developing economies known as BRICS. Officials have said that Putin wants to attend the gathering but have been trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant. On Wednesday, the office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Putin will not attend the BRICS summit after a “mutual agreement,” ending months of speculation. South Africa is a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the ICC and would have been obliged it to arrest him. Although Moscow has dismissed the warrant and Russia doesn’t recognize the authority of the international court, Putin has not traveled to any country that is a signatory to the court’s treaty since he was indicted by the ICC in March for war crimes relating to the abduction of children from Ukraine. South African authorities had given strong hints that they would have likely not executed the arrest warrant against Putin, but South Africa’s main opposition party has taken the government to court in an attempt to compel it to arrest the Russian leader if he sets foot on South African territory. Russia will be represented at the BRICS summit by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement. All the leaders of the other four countries, including China’s Xi Jinping, will attend the summit, it said. Ramaphosa has said that any attempt to arrest Putin would have serious consequences for South Africa, including it being viewed by Russia as a “declaration of war.” “I must highlight, for the sake of transparency, that South Africa has obvious problems with executing a request to arrest and surrender President Putin,” Ramaphosa said in a court affidavit related to the legal case brought by the opposition party. “Russia has made it clear that arresting its sitting president would be a declaration of war,” Ramaphosa added in the affidavit, which was made public on Tuesday. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. That call was held before South Africa’s announcement that Putin would not attend the summit. “No one has indicated anything to anyone,” Peskov said. “In this world, it is absolutely clear to everyone what an attempt to encroach on the head of the Russian state means. So there is no need to explain anything to anyone here.” Although the Kremlin had not confirmed Putin’s plans to attend the summit, South Africa has claimed he was determined to. South Africa Deputy President Paul Mashatile said in an interview with a top South African news outlet last week that South Africa had proposed other solutions to the arrest warrant issue, including moving the summit to China or holding a virtual summit where Putin could appear on a screen from Russia. Russia rejected those ideas and wanted Putin to attend in person, Mashatile said.
Ukraine to file fifth lawsuit in international courts on Russia's ecocidal crimes https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-file-fifth-lawsuit-international-125731641.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Ukraine is preparing an ecocide case against Russia, which will be the fifth lawsuit related to war crimes committed by the Russian Federation under consideration in international courts. Source: The New York Times Quote: "Currently, four specific acts — genocide, crimes against humanity, aggression and war crimes — are recognized as international crimes. Ukraine would like to add a fifth — ecocide — and it is setting out to build its case against Russia," reports NYT with reference to Maksym Popov, an adviser to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, who specialises in environmental issues. "We right now are developing the strategy for the prosecution of environmental war crimes and ecocide," he said. Details: It is known that part of this case will be the mass death of dolphins that continues in the Black Sea. Quote: "Dolphins are not only cute creatures. They are keystone creatures for the marine ecosystem. If dolphins are in a bad condition, then the entire ecosystem will be in a bad condition," said Pavlo Holdin, a doctor in zoology who specialises in marine mammal populations at the Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea. Details: According to The New York Times, Pavlo Holdin performed a series of autopsies on the dead dolphins in order to establish the cause of their death. Quote:"Ukrainian officials say their plight speaks to the savage toll that Russia’s war is taking on marine life and the environment more broadly — something they want to document for prosecution," the newspaper reports. Background: The first dead animals were found on the Turkish Black Sea coast near the Bosphorus in March, almost immediately after the start of Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine. Usually, at this time of year, there are not many cases of cetaceans deaths. So scientists immediately took notice. In April, an atypical mass death of cetaceans began to be noticed in Bulgaria. In previous years, dolphins also died here at this time of year, but now this occurs many times more than usual. In May, dead dolphins began to be found in Romania and Ukraine. Most cases were recorded in Sevastopol. Dead animals were also found in Kerch, Feodosia, Odesa and near Mykolaiv. In addition, there are unusual cases when exhausted dolphins swim to the shore, even though they do not look injured or sick. The peak of deaths occurred in late May and early June. Another, smaller peak occurred in late August.
Murder, torture, sexual violence among thousands of Russian crimes against children https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/euro...-against-children-torture-intl-hnk/index.html
Russian Army Rape and Sex Violence Prosecuted by Kyiv Only the Tip of the Iceberg Ukrainian law enforcers already have hundreds of cases open against Russian soldiers suspected of committing sexual violence crimes. That is only a tiny percentage of the probable reality. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/21245