he “now knows that international justice has him in his sights”, says a lawyer registered with the ICC

“Vladimir Putin and his henchmen now know that international criminal justice has them in their sights”said Friday March 17 on franceinfo Emmanuel Daoud, lawyer at the Paris bar and registered at the International Criminal Court (ICC), after she said she had issued an arrest warrant against the Russian president for the war crime of “illegal deportation” Ukrainian children since the start of 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 States Parties of the Rome Statute, the international treaty that created the ICC, “the judicial and police authorities of this State have an obligation to arrest him and bring him before the International Criminal Court”.

“The decision that has been taken is historic, fundamental”added the lawyer. “This is the first time that such an arrest warrant has been issued against a sitting head of state of one of the world’s major powers”. “This is only the beginning of a long process, but a process that will end tomorrow or the day after with the judgment of Vladimir Putin”also hoped Emmanuel Daoud.