Russia is not a member of the global court, does not recognise its jurisdiction and refuses to hand over suspects, meaning there is no immediate likelihood of either suspect being detained.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the governing African National Congress party has decided that South Africa should exit the International Criminal Court after it issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges last month, accusing him of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
In response to the arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin that was issued last Friday by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the security council, Dmitry Medvedev, has issued a stark warning that any attempt to arrest Putin would be seen as an actor of war by the Kremlin.
After the International Criminal Court based in The Hague issued an arrest warrant last week for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged human rights abuses in Ukraine, Germany announced over the weekend that it will arrest Putin should he ever travel to its territory.