The International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands, reported, on Tuesday (19), that it had suffered a cyber incident. The court released a note on the social network “X” giving details about what happened over the weekend.
They classified the activities as “abnormal” and said the network system was affected. With the assistance of the Dutch government, the Court will analyze and determine the impact of the incident.
In the note, they assured that the priority is to guarantee the continuity of the body’s work. The Court has 17 ongoing investigations that include diverse contexts in countries such as Uganda, Venezuela, Afghanistan, the Philippines, among others.
One of the agency’s investigations that draws the most attention is that of Ukraine. The court investigates the situation referred by 43 States Parties to the ICC and began the investigation on March 2, 2022. The focus of the investigation is “crimes committed in the context of the situation in Ukraine since November 21, 2013”.
Chronology of the Investigation of the situation in Ukraine
Although Ukraine is not a State Party to the Rome Statute, the country has twice exercised its prerogatives to accept the court’s jurisdiction over crimes under the Statute.
The first was presented by the Ukrainian government in February 2014 and the second extended this period of time to cover other crimes throughout the territory.
On March 2, 2022, the start of the investigation was announced based on referrals received by States Parties in a joint referral.
The court states that “the scope of the situation encompasses any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed in any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person on or after 21 November 2013.”
On March 17 of this year, the ICC issued arrest warrants for two people involved in this context: Russian President Vladmir Putin and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.
Based on the requests, the Public Prosecutor’s Office considered that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that each suspect is responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of population (children) and illegal transfer of population (children) from the occupied zones of Ukraine to the Federation Russian, to the detriment of Ukrainian children.”
With several investigations at the center of the global debate, the Court highlighted that it will work to strengthen cybersecurity and “the support of States Parties continues to be essential to “further increase institutional resilience in challenging circumstances”.
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*Under the supervision of Célio Galvão and with information from Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil
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