The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity
“Even if this twisted invocation of the right of self-defense were accepted, it’s extremely difficult to see how such a wide-scale invasion, with incursions across multiple sites across the country, well beyond even the most expansive territorial claims of the separatist regions, could be justified as a necessary and proportionate act of self-defense,” he said.
In a warning that could apply to Russia's civilian and military leadership, Khan said that “any person who commits such crimes, including by ordering, inciting or contributing in another manner to the commission of these crimes may be liable to prosecution before the Court.” Rights group Amnesty International said Friday that Russia's invasion was “marked by indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas and strikes on protected objects such as hospitals.”
The ICC was established in 2002 to prosecute individual perpetrators and their commanders responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, in cases where nations are unable or unwilling to hold their own trials. The crime of aggression was added later to the list of offenses in the Rome Statute treaty that founded the court.
Universal jurisdiction is invoked by some nations in cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity, allowing them to prosecute crimes committed outside their own borders.
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