Thursday, October 8, 2015

ICC Prosecutor Plans Probe into 2008 Georgia-Russia War

 
Reuters, 08/10 13:36 CET

By Thomas Escritt

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that its prosecutor planned to investigate possible crimes committed in the 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia, bringing Moscow, an opponent of the court, into its sights for the first time.

Judges must now decide whether to permit the move, which would pit non-member Russia against the European-backed permanent global war crimes court at a time when east-west tensions run higher than at any time since the Cold War.

The Hague-based court is already considering whether to open an investigation into crimes committed in Ukraine, another West-leaning former Soviet republic which is fighting Moscow-backed separatists in its east.

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Source: Euronews

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