The International Criminal Court at the Hague investigates and as warranted tries people charged with the gravest of crimes.

These days its prosecutor is busy focusing on the war in Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas.

Earlier today, Nick Schifron spoke with the court's lead prosecutor.

Karim Khan is on a trip to Ukraine visiting a children's hospital destroyed by a missile strike,

speaking to victims of alleged crimes committed in detention facilities, and held an event

with Ukraine's First Lady decrying Russian war crimes against Ukrainian children.

ICC prosecutor Kareem Khan joins us from Kyve.

Thanks very much. Welcome back to the news hour.

I just listed what you've been doing in Ukraine are you seeing ongoing war crimes

committed by the Russian Federation?

We think so clearly a lot to investigate civilians that are being killed a lot of civilian objects that are being targeted.

You mentioned in the introduction the visit to the Okamit Children's Hospital and on the 8th of July a cruise missile from the Russian Federation

an X 101 hit it. The suffering is horrendous, the heartbreak is very real and

we see so many examples of objects that are

civilian not military being destroyed and civilians being killed and

these are areas why why we're here. That attack of course is just one of many since your first

indictment of Vladimir Putin in March 2023 are you planning to amend your

indictment to incorporate what appears to be a vast number of ongoing additional war crimes perpetrated

in Ukraine, presumably with the authorization of Mr. Putin.

Well, investigations are organic. We are going to keep ongoing as with the

determination to investigate the various crimes that seem to have been

committed in an ongoing campaign,

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