International Court's arrest warrant against Putin:

 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Court said- Putin has committed war crimes in Ukraine. He is responsible for the crime of kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainian children. However, Russia has denied the allegations of war crimes.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said – legally this arrest warrant has no meaning for Russia. Because Russia is not a part of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. In fact, 123 countries had signed an agreement establishing the court. Russia did not sign. For this reason, Russia does not accept any decision of ICC.

Difficult to arrest Putin
ICC does not have the powers to arrest the leader of any country. This is because it does not have any police force of its own. According to International Law, the ICC can indict the leader of any country, issue an arrest warrant against them, but depends on countries around the world to arrest them.

In such a situation, Putin's arrest can be done in only 2 ways. First- Putin should be extradited, second- he should be arrested in any other country outside Russia, which does not seem possible.

ICC said - Putin did not stop the kidnapping of children
ICC said that it has reasonable grounds to believe that Putin not only committed these crimes, but also helped others in this. The court said – Putin did not use his rights to prevent the kidnapping of children. They didn't stop others who were deporting children, didn't take action.

On 24 February 2022, Putin attacked Ukraine. Shortly thereafter ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan opened an investigation into possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Ukraine. The war between the two countries is still going on.

Warrant issued against Russian Child Rights Commissioner as well
According to the New York Times report, an arrest warrant has also been issued against Russia's Child Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova. Russian troops have been accused of kidnapping Ukrainian children several times since the start of the war. Russia has denied these allegations but has never denied that children are being sent to Russia.

Maria Lvova-Belova has always described this work of Russia as a patriotic and humanitarian effort. They say Russian families are adopting Ukrainian children rendered homeless by the war.

What is war crime?

• There are also some rules for war, these rules have been made under the Geneva Convention, Hague Convention and other international laws and agreements.
• War crimes are violations of the laws of war, including the intentional killing of civilians or the intentional killing of prisoners of war, torture, hostage-taking, wanton destruction of civilian property, sexual violence during wartime, looting, and the recruitment of children into the military. crimes like genocide etc.
• According to the UN, the rules of war were first formulated in the early 20th century. These rules were dictated by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and the four treaties made during 1864 to 1949 by the Geneva Conventions.
• Where the Hague Convention prohibits the use of some deadly weapons such as anti-personnel landmines and chemical or biological weapons, etc. in times of war, the Geneva Convention sets the rules for war crimes committed during war.