{"id":5439,"date":"2023-04-02T15:45:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2023-04-02T15:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T15:45:30","slug":"war-crimes-arrest-warrant-against-putin-could-complicate-peace-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/war-crimes-arrest-warrant-against-putin-could-complicate-peace-in-ukraine\/2023\/04\/02\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"War Crimes Arrest Warrant Against Putin Could Complicate Peace in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE<\/span> HAGUE,<\/span> The<\/span> Netherlands<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> An<\/span> international<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> for<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin<\/span> increases<\/span> the<\/span> chances<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> man<\/span> who<\/span> had<\/span> a<\/span> country<\/span> invading<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> going<\/span> to<\/span> trial,<\/span> but<\/span> complicates<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> end<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> with<\/span> peace<\/span> talks.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Today<\/span> justice<\/span> and<\/span> peace<\/span> both<\/span> seem<\/span> distant<\/span> possibilities.<\/span> These<\/span> two<\/span> rivalries<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> are<\/span> the<\/span> dilemma<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> heart<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> March<\/span> 17<\/span> decision<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Criminal<\/span> Court<\/span> calling<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> arrest<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> leader.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Hague<\/span> judge<\/span> found<\/span> “reasonable<\/span> grounds<\/span> to<\/span> believe”<\/span> that<\/span> Putin<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> Children’s<\/span> Rights<\/span> Commissioner<\/span> were<\/span> responsible<\/span> for<\/span> war<\/span> crimes,<\/span> particularly<\/span> the<\/span> illegal<\/span> deportation<\/span> and<\/span> illegal<\/span> transfer<\/span> of<\/span> children<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> territories<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to<\/span> Russia.<\/span> \u201d<\/span> was<\/span> found.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>While<\/span> I<\/span> doubt<\/span> Putin<\/span> is<\/span> sitting<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> courtroom<\/span> in<\/span> The<\/span> Hague,<\/span> other<\/span> heads<\/span> of<\/span> state<\/span> are<\/span> being<\/span> tried<\/span> in<\/span> international<\/span> courts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Serbian<\/span> former<\/span> strongman<\/span> Slobodan<\/span> Milosevic,<\/span> a<\/span> driving<\/span> force<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 1990s<\/span> Balkan<\/span> wars,<\/span> was<\/span> tried<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> UN<\/span> tribunal<\/span> in<\/span> The<\/span> Hague<\/span> for<\/span> war<\/span> crimes,<\/span> including<\/span> genocide,<\/span> after<\/span> his<\/span> fall<\/span> from<\/span> power.<\/span> He<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> solitary<\/span> confinement<\/span> in<\/span> 2006<\/span> before<\/span> a<\/span> verdict<\/span> was<\/span> given.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Serbia,<\/span> which<\/span> aspires<\/span> to<\/span> join<\/span> the<\/span> EU<\/span> but<\/span> has<\/span> close<\/span> ties<\/span> to<\/span> Russia,<\/span> is<\/span> among<\/span> the<\/span> countries<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> criticized<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Criminal<\/span> Court’s<\/span> action.<\/span> Populist<\/span> Serbian<\/span> President<\/span> Alexander<\/span> Vucic<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> would<\/span> “have<\/span> disastrous<\/span> political<\/span> consequences”<\/span> and<\/span> create<\/span> “huge<\/span> resistance<\/span> to<\/span> talk<\/span> about<\/span> peace<\/span> (and)<\/span> a<\/span> ceasefire”<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Putin<\/span> appears<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> firmly<\/span> in<\/span> power,<\/span> and<\/span> some<\/span> analysts<\/span> have<\/span> suggested<\/span> that<\/span> an<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> hanging<\/span> over<\/span> him<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> an<\/span> incentive<\/span> to<\/span> prolong<\/span> the<\/span> fighting.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“President<\/span> Putin’s<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> could<\/span> undermine<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> reach<\/span> a<\/span> peace<\/span> deal<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,”<\/span> Daniel<\/span> Kurkmalic,<\/span> an<\/span> associate<\/span> professor<\/span> of<\/span> political<\/span> science<\/span> at<\/span> Northwestern<\/span> University,<\/span> told<\/span> the<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> email.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>One<\/span> potential<\/span> way<\/span> of<\/span> easing<\/span> the<\/span> way<\/span> to<\/span> peace<\/span> talks<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> Security<\/span> Council<\/span> to<\/span> call<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Criminal<\/span> Court<\/span> to<\/span> suspend<\/span> the<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> investigation<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> year,<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> allowed<\/span> under<\/span> Article<\/span> 16<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Rome<\/span> Statute<\/span> treaty<\/span> that<\/span> created<\/span> the<\/span> court.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But<\/span> that<\/span> appears<\/span> unlikely,<\/span> said<\/span> Krcmaric,<\/span> whose<\/span> book<\/span> \u201cThe<\/span> Justice<\/span> Dilemma,\u201d<\/span> deals<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> tension<\/span> between<\/span> seeking<\/span> justice<\/span> and<\/span> pursuing<\/span> a<\/span> negotiated<\/span> end<\/span> to<\/span> conflicts.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cThe<\/span> Western<\/span> democracies<\/span> would<\/span> have<\/span> to<\/span> worry<\/span> about<\/span> public<\/span> opinion<\/span> costs<\/span> if<\/span> they<\/span> made<\/span> the<\/span> morally<\/span> questionable<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> trade<\/span> justice<\/span> for<\/span> peace<\/span> in<\/span> such<\/span> an<\/span> explicit<\/span> fashion,\u201d<\/span> he<\/span> said,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> also<\/span> is<\/span> unlikely<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> such<\/span> a<\/span> move.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> immediately<\/span> rejected<\/span> the<\/span> warrants.<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Dmitry<\/span> Peskov<\/span> said<\/span> Moscow<\/span> doesn’t<\/span> recognize<\/span> the<\/span> ICC<\/span> and<\/span> considers<\/span> its<\/span> decisions<\/span> \u201clegally<\/span> void.\u201d<\/span> And<\/span> Dmitry<\/span> Medvedev,<\/span> deputy<\/span> head<\/span> of<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> Security<\/span> Council,<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> chaired<\/span> by<\/span> Putin,<\/span> suggested<\/span> the<\/span> ICC<\/span> headquarters<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Netherlands’<\/span> coastline<\/span> could<\/span> become<\/span> a<\/span> target<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> missile<\/span> strike.<\/span> Carnegie<\/span> Endowment<\/span> analyst<\/span> Alexander<\/span> Baunov<\/span> said<\/span> Putin’s<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> amounted<\/span> to<\/span> “an<\/span> invitation<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> elite<\/span> to<\/span> leave<\/span> Putin”<\/span> and<\/span> could<\/span> undermine<\/span> his<\/span> support.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Arrest<\/span> warrants<\/span> for<\/span> Putin<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> children’s<\/span> rights<\/span> commissioner<\/span> were<\/span> welcomed,<\/span> but<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> groups<\/span> urged<\/span> the<\/span> international<\/span> community<\/span> to<\/span> remember<\/span> to<\/span> seek<\/span> justice<\/span> in<\/span> other<\/span> conflicts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> ICC’s<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> for<\/span> Putin<\/span> represents<\/span> a<\/span> progressive,<\/span> multi-pronged<\/span> judicial<\/span> effort<\/span> that<\/span> is<\/span> needed<\/span> elsewhere<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> world,”<\/span> Barquiz<\/span> Jarrah,<\/span> deputy<\/span> director<\/span> of<\/span> international<\/span> justice<\/span> at<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights<\/span> Watch,<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span> “Similar<\/span> judicial<\/span> initiatives<\/span> are<\/span> needed<\/span> elsewhere<\/span> to<\/span> ensure<\/span> that<\/span> victims’<\/span> rights<\/span> are<\/span> respected<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> world,<\/span> including<\/span> Afghanistan,<\/span> Ethiopia,<\/span> Myanmar<\/span> and<\/span> Palestine.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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