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US concerned over UN official's meeting with Russian wanted by the ICC -State Dept

The United States is "deeply concerned" by a meeting between a leading United Nations official for children and Russia's ombudsman for children's rights, who is wanted by the world's permanent war crimes court, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday.

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UN official criticised after meeting Russian sought by ICC

Rights groups and the top U.S. justice envoy on Saturday criticised a meeting between a leading United Nations official for children and Russia's ombudsman for children's rights, who is wanted by the world's permanent war crimes court.

Reuters

UN envoy reportedly meeting Russian official accused of war crimes for deporting Ukrainian children

The U.N. envoy charged with trying to protect children caught in conflicts is in Moscow, where she is reported to be meeting Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, who is charged with war crimes for deporting children from Ukraine

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Russia issues arrest order for British ICC prosecutor after Putin warrant

Interior ministry seeks to detain Karim Khan in wake of allegations against president over abducted Ukrainian children

The Guardian - UK

International Criminal Court is using digital evidence to investigate Putin – but how can it tell if a video or photo is real or fake?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was reminiscent of wars long past, where a country invades another with little provocation.

The Conversation

Russia's UN council presidency is most contentious in memory

The Russian presidency of the U.N. Security Council has been the most contentious in the memory of longtime U.N. diplomats

The Independent UK

Will Vladimir Putin be put on trial for Ukraine’s stolen children crisis?

As the war in Ukraine rages on, the International Criminal Court (ICC) last month issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

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Belarus extradites father of Russian girl who drew anti-war pictures

Alexei Moskalyov fled house arrest hours before he was sentenced to two years for ‘discrediting’ Russian army

The Guardian - UK

‘It was heartbreaking’: Ukraine children back home after alleged deportation

31 children reunite with their families after staying in Russia

Evening Standard

Ukraine children returned from Russia after alleged deportation

Dozens of children reunited with families in Ukraine after being deported to Russia from occupied areas, charity says.

Al Jazeera

'It was heartbreaking' - Ukraine children back home after alleged deportation

More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war.

Reuters

Red Cross confirms contact with Russia about Ukrainian kids

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been in contact with Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is suspected of war crimes, as it works for the return of Ukrainian children who were deported to Russia

The Independent UK

Russian girl who drew anti-war picture leaves orphanage with mother, commissioner says

A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture, for which her father was convicted for discrediting the armed forces, has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years.

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Russian girl who drew anti-war picture leaves orphanage with mother

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 407

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 407th day, we take a look at the main developments.

The Conversation

Russia’s alleged deportation of Ukrainian children has caused a UN standoff – what international law says and why it matters

The New Zealand government’s sanctioning of Russian commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova is a further demonstration of its concern over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. But it is only a small step in what will likely be a very long road to justice.

The Independent UK

Russian girl who drew antiwar sketch leaves orphanage

The Kremlin's children's rights commissioner says a Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been picked up by her mother

Reuters

US, Britain walk out at UN on Russian wanted for war crimes

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Russia invites children's official sought by ICC to brief UN

Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes, will brief a controversial U.N. meeting Russia called to counter what it claims is Western disinformation about Ukrainian children taken to Russia

Reuters

Britain blocks UN webcast of Russian meeting on Ukraine

Britain has blocked the U.N. webcast of an informal Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia's commissioner for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - is due to speak.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Children’s Commissioner Rejects ICC War Crime Allegations as False

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) alongside President Vladimir Putin of war crimes in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that the ICC's allegations were false and unclear. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian…

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Russian children's commissioner rejects ICC war crime allegations as false

Russia's commissioner for children's rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false.

Reuters

Russian charged with war crimes may brief U.N. Security Council

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is likely to brief an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council this week, according to a note seen by Reuters on Monday.

Reuters

Ukrainian war zone children are in temporary Russian care, not adopted or abducted - envoy

Moscow's envoy to the United Nations in New York has denied that Russia has deliberately taken children out of Ukraine or allowed them to be adopted in Russia, rejecting charges brought against President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court.

Reuters

Kyiv urges Russians not to adopt Ukraine's 'stolen' children

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk urged Russians on Tuesday not to adopt children who she said were "stolen" in Ukraine during the war and deported to Russia.

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