Arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin: ‘Now he knows international justice has his sights set on him,’ says ICC-registered lawyer

“Vladimir Putin and his cronies now know that international criminal justice is in their sights”on Friday March 17th on franceinfo Emmanuel Daouda lawyer at the Paris Bar and registered with the International Criminal Court, after she said she had issued an arrest warrant against the Russian president for a war crime “illegal deportation” Of Ukrainian children since the beginning The war in Ukraine.

‘The beginning of a long process’

From now on, according to the lawyer, if the Russian president is in one of the 124 state parties of the Rome Statute, The international treaty that established the International Criminal CourtAnd “The judicial authorities and police in this country are obligated to arrest him and bring him to the International Criminal Court.”

“The decision that was made is historic and fundamental.”added the lawyer. “This is the first time that such an arrest warrant has been issued against a still-existing head of state for one of the major powers in the world.”. “This is just the beginning of a long process, but it is a process that will end tomorrow or the day after Vladimir Putin’s rule.”as Emmanuel Daoud hopes.