The court investigates without favour, and may charge alleged war criminals from either side
, its leaders saw a clear strategic path: first, towards becoming the court’s 125th member state, but – more importantly – towards ultimately joining theformally accepted as a candidate
The reality is that the ICC will – as it is sworn to do – investigate without fear or favour and charge any and all alleged war criminals, from whichever side. That may prove domestically unpalatable to many Ukrainians, perhaps not surprisingly given what their country has been through. By invoking Article 124, Ukraine would effectively be shielding its nationals from prosecution, much as the United States does by other means, specifically by publicly supporting the ICC but refusing to ratify the statute and thereby refusing to subject its nationals to legal jeopardy.
In the case of Ukraine, this would mean ensuring that justice is meted out to Russian war criminals but not to any Ukrainians who may similarly have transgressed.
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