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The tribunal will focus on the crime of aggression against Ukraine, but Putin is immune while in office. Even with its limitations, it is a significant step towards the first court to prosecute the crime of aggression since Nuremberg and Tokyo.

In honor of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and all those who refuse to be silenced on Israeli apartheid and genocide by bogus claims that denouncing those abuses amounts to hatred of Jews. Written in 2007, re-posted by the author this past week.

It is the first instance in the court's 22-year history it has issued arrest warrants for western-allied senior officials. The Court also issues a warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, six months after request by prosecutor Karim Khan,