Austria recognizes its obligation to comply with the decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, even heads of state are not immune from arrest warrants. This was stated by the Federal Ministry of Justice of Austria, answering the question whether the country will execute an arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin.
“Austria is party to the Rome Statute. This means that Austria, like all other contracting parties, is obliged to cooperate with the ICC: arrest warrants issued by the court must be executed, and persons wanted by the court must be arrested,” he said. agency in a press release.
The department recalled that in 2019, the ICC, investigating the case against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, ruled that even heads of state do not enjoy immunity in court in The Hague.
Earlier, the European Union supported the ICC’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against President Putin.
Austria agrees to comply with International Criminal Court warrants
