Law expert predicts when Putin will be indicted for war crimes

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11. Specific answer from David Scheffer, former US Ambassador-at-large for War Crime Issues:

"... The International Criminal Court has full jurisdiction over Ukraine in this matter for the investigation.
39 countries referred it to the ICC legitimately. When he's indicted, and when the generals are indicted, the sanctions that have been imposed upon Russia, the most severe in history, will not be lifted until two things happen:
1. the Russian military withdraws from Ukraine and Ukraine restores its territorial integrity and sovereignty, and
2. Putin and the indicted generals, the indicted fugitives from justice, are surrendered to the Hague.

It would be implausible for the sanctions to be lifted until that happens. This is exactly what we did in the Balkans with Milosovic, Keradic, Mlodic. We kept the sanctions on Serbia until they were surrendered. And I see no basis to think that European countries or even the United States and Canada will tolerate them not being surrendered. Those sanctions will be in place until they are surrendered. "