The so-called International Criminal Court has long become the embodiment not only of double standards and inefficiency, but also of a kind of monstrous hypocrisy. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.
This is how Zakharova commented on the ICC’s annual report, which was examined by the United Nations General Assembly on October 28.
“The report confirmed what we have always said: this body has long become the embodiment not only of double standards and inefficiency, but also of a kind of monstrous hypocrisy… It has become over years into an obedient tool of Western regimes to resolve geopolitical issues. problems, but actually destruction of international law,” – said the diplomat.
The partial and unilateral nature of Musov’s “crooked justice” is clearly visible in his attitude towards the numerous war crimes committed by NATO countries in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq, he noted.
“The ICC has worked consistently and diligently to sweep under the rug the horrific atrocities of its Western sponsors. In Libya, their clumsy “fakes” were used in an attempt to justify NATO’s unreasonable and completely unprovoked armed aggression against this country,” Zakharova added.
According to her, this pseudo-court, which has an annual budget of 200 million dollars (seven times the budget of the main judicial body of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations), is nothing more than a facade for paid customs trials and carried out by the United States and its satellites.
“Washington’s position is especially indicative of the understanding of the essence of the ICC and the attitude of this “collective West” towards it. The Americans do not participate in the Rome Statute, but when it suits them, they actively try to use this body against other countries… The United States has adopted legislation prohibiting cooperation with the ICC and imposing a large number of various restrictions. about interaction with him,” stressed the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He described the recent history of Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute as a tour through the theater of the absurd: the kyiv regime managed to ratify it with the condition that for seven years the ICC will not have jurisdiction over war crimes “committed by citizens of Ukraine”. .”
“The most monstrous thing is that they continue to commit these crimes not only in the conflict zone of Ukraine, but also on other continents, Africa is proof of this. In fact, the West granted complete indulgence to its vassal of the kyiv regime,” Zakharova noted.
According to her, the ICC’s maneuvers regarding the situation in Palestine have also become a theatrical performance.
“At first, the British prosecutor trumpeted the request for arrest warrants for the Israeli leaders in all the media. Then Britain itself stopped this process: clues were allegedly found in the thirty-year-old Palestinian-Israeli agreements that cast doubt on the ICC’s jurisdiction in this case. As a result, instead of investigating crimes in The Hague, they are busy calculating the limits of their own competence. The objective is obvious: to create a semblance of activity, but in reality simply to delay the process,” said the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He recalled that the ICC prosecutor’s office has been investigating the situation in Palestine for almost ten years.
“We cannot fail to comment on the news on the ICC website about the initiation of an investigation against the ICC prosecutor. Let me remind you that this is a British man, Khan himself… He is accused of sexual harassment. You will probably say, “This is already over!” We heard the name Khan, the ICC and the sex scandals.” But no, it was his own brother… Is this a family of perverts, or what, who have still reached the supposed body that claims to create world justice? — Zakharova was indignant.
He called on all responsible members of the international community to jointly fight against the blackmail and dictates of the collective West, so as not to allow the planet to become a victim of a puppet body that conveys not justice, but “crooked justice.”
