LThe ICC and Ukrainian authorities have called on Mongolia to arrest Vladimir Putin, who is the target of the warrant on suspicion of illegally deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, noted last week that the Kremlin had “notno worries” on this subject. “Of course, all aspects of the visit were carefully prepared.“, he added.
Like all other States parties to the Rome Statute that founded the ICC, Mongolia “has an obligation to cooperate“with her,” a spokesman for this jurisdiction, Fadi el-Abdallah, told the press.
When a member country fails to fulfil its obligations to the ICC, the latter can refer the matter to the Assembly of States Parties, which meets once a year, but whose possible sanctions are essentially limited to a verbal reprimand.
In the past, other individuals subject to an arrest warrant from the Court, such as former Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, have travelled to countries that are signatories to the Rome Statute without being questioned.
Mongolia signed it in 2000, before ratifying it in 2002.
