Assessment of the Actions Taken by the ICC Against the President of the Russian Federation

Abstract

On 17 March 2023, the Second Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. According to the statement, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on October 7, 1952, the President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for a war crime involving the unlawful deportation of the population – children, and the unlawful resettlement of the population – children, from the occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (pursuant to Art. 8 sec. 2(a)(VII) and (b)(VIII) of the Rome Statute). This is the first such warrant issued against a currently serving head of state. Undoubtedly, this is also a test for the functioning of the ICC and the establishment of its position as a permanent international court.
The article aims to analyze and then evaluate the actions taken by the International Criminal Court against the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Above all, it also draws attention to the issue of the reality of the measures taken so far.