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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Toby Sterling

War crimes Prosecutor: ICC should prosecute aggression, can try heads of state

FILE PHOTO: Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim A. A. Khan attends a G7 Justice Ministers meeting at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the right place to prosecute the crime of "aggression", the act of attacking another country, and it has the power to try heads of state, Prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday.

Khan, whose office is investigating alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, did not directly mention the possibility of prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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