Shrinking Safe Haven for War Criminals: Prosecuting International Crimes against Ukrainian Children

The invasion of Ukraine will enter its fourth year in 2025, leading to an increased number of displaced individuals. On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights. They are both accused of committing the war crime of unlawfully deporting children and unlawfully transferring them from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.