Russian President Vladimir Putin withdrew his nation from the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a day after a United Nations committee condemned Russia for human rights abuses in Crimea.
The court, based in The Hague in the Netherlands, tries people on charges such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The United States is not among the court’s 120-plus members.
Russia signed the Rome Treaty document establishing the court in 2000, but did not ratify it. Russia… …read more
Source: South China Morning Post
