ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញាកំពូល ICC ធ្វើទស្សនកិច្ចនៅ Bucha ខណៈដែលតុលាការស៊ើបអង្កេតឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មសង្គ្រាមនៅអ៊ុយក្រែន

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court visited Bucha, Ukraine, on Wednesday, as the court continues its investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the war-torn country—and U.S. officials are mulling whether to assist in the investigation despite not being a member of the international court.

ការពិតសំខាន់

សាវតាសំខាន់

The ICC opened its ការស៊ើបអង្កេត into possible war crimes in Ukraine on March 2, a week after Russia invaded the neighboring country. However, the probe will also investigate alleged crimes committed in Ukraine dating back to 2013, prior to Russia’s invasion of the Crimean Peninsula. Khan បានទស្សនា western Ukraine last month and has spoken with Zelensky virtually during his investigation. Khan has also requested to meet with Russian authorities as part of the investigation. The court’s probe is expected to be a drawn-out process, and even if Russian President Vladimir Putin or other officials are formally indicted on war crimes charges in Ukraine, the ICC cannot arrest them on its own. The responsibility of apprehending alleged offenders and sending them to the ICC for prosecution falls on the court’s 123 members—a list that doesn’t include the U.S. and Russia. The court was established twenty years ago when several countries signed the លក្ខន្តិកៈទីក្រុងរ៉ូម in an effort to hold international criminals accountable, and it has ចោទប្រកាន់ 35 people and found 10 guilty since then.

អ្វីដែលត្រូវមើល

The U.S. is weighing whether and how it can assist in the ICC’s investigation, given that it has resisted joining the court for fear that its own citizens could face international prosecution, the កាសែត New York Times រាយការណ៍ Tuesday, based on unnamed sources. Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby សម្តែង the Pentagon’s discomfort with the ICC in an interview with MSNBC Wednesday, noting that it may target U.S. soldiers for actions taken in Iraq and Afghanistan. The American Servicemembers’ Protection Act, បាន​ចុះហត្ថលេខា​លើ into law in 2002 just after the ICC was formed, prohibits U.S. government support of the ICC for this reason. However, the Biden Administration has been vocal about its desire to hold Putin accountable for alleged war crimes, with Biden accusing Russia of អំពើប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ on Tuesday, and some White House officials believe the ICC may be the best route for pursuing accountability for Putin and other alleged offenders, unnamed officials told the ពេលវេលា។

ប្រធានរិះគន់

សាធារណរដ្ឋអ៊ីហាន់អូម៉ា (ឌី - មីន) ជំរុញ the U.S. to join the court in an op-ed for the ស៊ីនតោនប៉ុស្តិ៍ Wednesday, and said she will introduce a resolution to join the court this week: “If we believe Putin should be held accountable for violating international law, then we have to support international law,” Omar wrote.

ហេតុការណ៍គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល

The ICC indicted longtime Sudanese ruler Omar al-Bashir in 2009 following the war in Darfur, in which hundreds of thousands civilians were killed by the Sudanese government and allied militias. However, Sudan has yet to hand over the former dictator to the ICC 13 years later, and al-Bashir was able to ធ្វើដំណើរ​ទៅកាន់ ប្រទេសផ្សេងទៀត before his 2019 ouster.