commissioner for children s rights are facing war crimes charges from the international criminal court which has issued warrants for their arrest. so is the message today nobody is above the law? i think the message must be that basic principles of humanity bind everybody and nobody should feel they have a free pass. that is kareem khan, the icc chief prosecutor. we spoke to him at the start of the invasion in ukraine and spoke to him extensively throughout the war on the ukrainian people and their identity. tonight an exclusive interview with him on this history making day along with coverage only as cnn can of the impact of it. first, though, here s what president biden said about the icc s decision to cnn s jeremy diamond. i think it s justified, but the question is it s not recognized by us either, but i think it makes a very strong point. let s go to clarissa ward who joins us from the hague. a historic interview for you. reporter: historic interview for us a
newsroom, we re following global reaction boy the arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin, we ll go live to kiev ahead. and to on you allow the use or prescription of abortion pills, the signs that point to a possible indictment of donald trump possibly soon. this comes amid a monday mental ruling by a federal federal judge involving one of former s president s attorneys. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. russian president vladimir putin, the world could be a lot smaller than it was for him 24 hours ago, the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him and the kremlin so-called children s rights commissioner alleging they re responsible for the illegal deportation of ukrainian children to russia, international court was created to prosecute individualized of such actions right now, 123 countries recognize its jurisdiction and if putin travels to any one of them he could be potentially arrested there. russia, howev
it s impossible fail to understand history because the major nazi war criminals, former president charles taylor, all of them were mighty, powerful individuals and yet they found themselves in courtrooms whose conduct was being adjudicated over by independent judges and that also gives cause for hope that the law can however difficult it may be, the law can be supreme. reporter: is the message today nobody is above the law? i think the message must be that basic principles of humanity bind everybody and nobody should feel they have a free pass. nobody should feel they can act with abandon and definitely nobody should feel that they can act and commit genocide or crimes against humanity, war crimes, with impunity because we have an international criminal court. we also have basic norms of customary and international law
that basic principles of humanity bind everybody and nobody should feel they have a free pass, should feel they can act with abandon and definitely nobody should feel that they can act and commit genocide or crimes against, war crimes with in impunity. there was the icc chief prosecutor speaking you can watch the full interview in the next hour. we re covering this story from all angles, we re live in kiev and in in istanbul with russia s reaction. let s start with you, you ve been looking in the issue at state, the allegations of illegal deportation of ukrainian children, and effect. what more can you tell us? this is a serious allegation, of course, the international criminal court is the court of last resort, and there have been investigating months these allegations that russia ordered
commissioner for children s rights are facing war crimes charges from the international criminal court which has issued warrants for their arrest. so is the message today nobody is above the law? i think the message must be that basic principles of humanity bind everybody and nobody should feel they have a free pass. that is kareem khan, the icc chief prosecutor. we spoke to him at the start of the invasion in ukraine and spoke to him extensively throughout the war on the ukrainian people and their identity. tonight an exclusive interview with him on this history making day along with coverage only as cnn can of the impact of it. first, though, here s what president biden said about the icc s decision to cnn s jeremy diamond. i think it s justified, but the question is it s not recognized by us either, but i think it makes a very strong