A moscow court has remanded in absentia International Criminal Court judge Haikel Ben Mahfoud, who issued arrest warrants for former russian defense minister sergei shoigu and valery gerasimov on suspicion of involvement in missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, to custody in absentia. This is reported by the russian media, UNN reports.
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The press service of the Basmanny Court of Moscow reported that Haikel Ben Mahfoud was remanded in absentia under Part 2 of Article 301 of the Criminal Code of the russian federation (illegal arrest or detention in advance). The measure of restraint was chosen from the moment of his possible detention in russia.
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Tunisian lawyer Haikel Ben Mahfoud became a judge at the ICC in March of this year. In June, Mahfoud, along with judges Rosario Salvatore Aitala and Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, issued arrest warrants for former defense minister sergei shoigu and valery gerasimov on suspicion of involvement in missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities.
It should also be noted that in March last year, the Investigative Committee of the russian federation opened criminal cases against ICC judges Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, Tomoko Akane and Rosario Salvatore Aitala, as well as prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan, who issued arrest warrants for russian dictator vladimir putin and children's ombudsman maria levova-belova.
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Ukraine will become the 125th state party to the International Criminal Court on January 1, 2025. The instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC was officially deposited in New York.