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Unlawful deportation of children
The war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022. Pre-Trial Chamber II of ICC considered, based on the Prosecution’s applications of 22 February 2023, that there are reasonable grounds to believe that each suspect bears responsibility for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population and that of unlawful transfer of population from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, in prejudice of Ukrainian children.
Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich
President of the Russian Federation
Unlawful deportation of population (children) and unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation
Lvova-Belova Maria Alekseyevna
Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation
Unlawful deportation of population (children) and unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation
Kastiukevych Igor Yurievich
Member of the Russian parliament
Responsible for organising and forcibly transferring 2 children from the illegally established Kherson Regional Children's Home across the TOT of Ukraine and further deporting them to the territory of the Russian Federation, and forcibly transferring 46 children between the TOT of Ukraine and the TOT of the AR of Crimea
Ilmiev Vadim Viktorovich
Head of the occupation Department of Health in the Kherson region
Organised the forced transfer of 2 children from the illegally established Kherson Regional Children's Home through the TOT of Ukraine and the subsequent deportation of 2 children to the territory of the Russian Federation, and the forced transfer of 46 children between the TOT of Ukraine and the TOT of the AR of Crimea
Zavalskaia Tatiana Vasilevna
Acting Chief Physician of the State Institution "Kherson Regional Children's Home."
Violation of the laws and customs of war (part 2 of article 28, part 1 of article 438 of the CC of Ukraine), namely: forced transfer from the illegally established State Budgetary Institution "Kherson regional orphanage" through the WOT of Ukraine and further deportation to the territory of the Russian Federation