In an analysis for Justice Info, a publication of Fondation Hirondelle, APRI Armenia Senior Research Fellow Benyamin Poghosyan analysed the geopolitical fallout from Armenia’s decision to ratify the Rome Statute, officially joining the International Criminal Court. The issue, he said, is that Russia perceives the ICC as a Western instrument for advancing geopolitical agendas and exerting pressure on non-compliant nations. Armenia’s ratification of the Rome Statute is seen as a “geopolitical signal that it would like to move towards the West and away from Russia.”
