Luis Moreno Ocampo, the chief prosecutor for the international court at The Hague, said Wednesday his office is assessing allegations of war crimes in Georgia.
Ocampo met with Russian and Georgia officials to go over claims of attacks on non-combatants in the conflict over the breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
“My office considers carefully all information relating to alleged crimes within its jurisdiction … regardless of the individuals or groups alleged to have committed the crimes,” he said in a statement.
The humanitarian groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch also said they are examining the claims.
The ICC holds jurisdiction in areas where normal courts are not functioning or under a mandate issued by the U.N. Security Council.
On the BBC World Service Tuesday, several Georgian residents said Russian soldiers were cordial during operations and blamed paramilitary forces from South Ossetia for the atrocities.
