WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered his administration to begin sharing evidence of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), a U.S official said on Wednesday.
The ICC, a permanent war crimes tribunal, in March issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for suspected deportation of children from Ukraine, which would be a war crime.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have accused the Pentagon of effectively undermining war crimes prosecution of Russia by blocking the sharing of U.S. military intelligence with the ICC.
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the ICC prosecutor who in March prepared a warrant for Putin on war crimes charges.
A successful war crimes prosecution requires a high standard of proof, in a situation where access to suspects and crime scenes is often restricted and there is overlapping jurisdiction between national and international courts.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Biden, Putin, Trevor Hunnicutt, Idrees Ali, Ismail Shakil, Rami Ayyub, Dan Whitcomb, Jonathan Oatis, Deepa Babington
Organizations:
Hague, Court, ICC, U.S, Pentagon, New York Times, National Security, Ukraine’s, Republican, Democratic, Thomson
Locations:
Ukraine, United States, Russia