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Hello, it's 387 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

And after we recorded today's podcast, news came in that the international criminal court

has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, including

forcibly deporting children from Ukraine to Russia.

This is the ICC's prosecutor, Karim Karm.

This type of crime doesn't, one doesn't need to be a lawyer, one needs to be human being,

to know how egregious it is, if a child anywhere in the world is in a familiar environment

and they're taken by men in uniforms or in barra-clavis or they're shipped in trains or in

planes to another country with another language, it is not going to be necessary pleasant

if it may be rather traumatic.

And of course, the Geneva Conventions make it mandatory to put children's welfare at

the centre, one can't simply deport children, particularly if they're not in danger.

And there were many other options.

Well President Putin spokesman said it was outrageous and unacceptable.

Russia doesn't recognise the ICC's jurisdiction and denies committing atrocities in Ukraine.

So what does this mean?

Richard Goldstone is a former UN prosecutor.

It's very important for leaders who are suspected of committing serious war crimes to be held

accountable.

But the significance for President Putin is obviously the fact that there are 123 member states

who have ratified the Rome Statute and that means that each of those states is legally

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