Vladimir Putin to make first ICC member state visit since arrest warrant issued for alleged child abduction

Only countries that signed the Rome Statute remain subject to the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction, limiting Putin's movements internationally.

The attention to Putin’s latest trip derives from the fact that Mongolia is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which in March 2023 issued an arrest warrant for Putin over alleged involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children.  Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news. 

Putin has carefully avoided visiting countries that are signatories of the Rome Statute, thus making them subject to ICC jurisdiction. Russia – along with other major nations such as the U.S., China, India and Israel – are not signatories and thus do not answer to the ICC, but any visit to a Rome Statute signatory would subject Putin to arrest.