Here is a fictional response speech delivered by the ICC Chief Prosecutor in direct reply to the defense of Vladimir Putin — presenting the prosecution’s moral, legal, and factual case with strength and clarity:
Here is a fictional response speech delivered by the ICC Chief Prosecutor in direct reply to the defense of Vladimir Putin — presenting the prosecution’s moral, legal, and factual case with strength and clarity: Response to Defense of Vladimir Putin] Honourable Judges of the International Criminal Court, The defense has spoken with fire and flourish, but what they have offered is not a defense grounded in justice — it is a political speech masquerading as legal reasoning. Their words attempt to shield a powerful man behind borders, technicalities, and misdirected outrage. But today, in this courtroom, we are not judging ideology — we are judging war crimes. And no head of state, however powerful, is above the law. Let us begin with the cornerstone of their defense — that the Court has no jurisdiction. Russia may not be a party to the Rome Statute, but Ukraine is. Ukraine has accepted the jurisdiction of this Court, twice — in 2014 and again in 2022. And the crimes we are discussin...