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Any countries part of the ICC then have the ability to arrest anyone with warrants. Whether those countries will do the arrests or not will be up to whomever i

by loceng 2y ago

Any countries part of the ICC then have the ability to arrest anyone with warrants. Whether those countries will do the arrests or not will be up to whomever is in political power and if they are toeing the same line or not. Those with arrest warrants then would have to risk traveling.

throwup238 2y ago
Not anyone. As long as he’s in power he’s protected by diplomatic protocol. No one is going to break international law and risk their reputation and ability to host diplomats for an ICC warrant. Just makes his predicament more desperate long term though.
- jeltz 2y ago
  But what will happen is that many countries would say no to official visits.
- somenameforme 2y ago
  This is also what I thought when they issued the warrant against Putin, but it does not seem to be the case. There's a lot of inscrutable legal precedent regarding diplomatic immunity and high crimes, of which there is none higher than genocide. This is exactly why Putin did not make a personal appearance in South Africa for the BRICS summit. South Africa felt that they would be legally obligated to arrest him due to the ICC warrant, and that was all over a far lesser charge of unlawfully deporting children.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > As long as he’s in power he’s protected by diplomatic protocol Not true. That’s why Putin shied from visiting South Africa [1]. [1] https://apnews.com/article/putin-brics-summit-south-africa-icc-arrest-3c67877a198f25ceee9adad9f1dbe495 https://apnews.com/article/putin-brics-summit-south-africa-i...