ICC says Gadhafi's death was war crime
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December 17, 2011, Saturday
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THE death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was captured and killed by rebels in October, may have been a war crime, according to the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
"I think the way in which Mr Gadhafi was killed creates suspicions of ... war crimes," ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters yesterday.
"I think that's a very important issue," he said. "We are raising this concern to the national authorities and they are preparing a plan to have a comprehensive strategy to investigate all these crimes."
Under pressure from Western allies, Libya's National Transitional Council has promised to investigate how Gadhafi and his son Mo'tassim were killed.
The United Nations Security Council referred Gadhafi's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators to the ICC in February and authorized military intervention to protect civilians in March. The ICC indicted Gadhafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the former intelligence chief for war crimes.
Saif al-Islam is now in the custody of the Libyan authorities who have said they plan to try him in Libya instead of handing him over to The Hague-based ICC.
"I think the way in which Mr Gadhafi was killed creates suspicions of ... war crimes," ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters yesterday.
"I think that's a very important issue," he said. "We are raising this concern to the national authorities and they are preparing a plan to have a comprehensive strategy to investigate all these crimes."
Under pressure from Western allies, Libya's National Transitional Council has promised to investigate how Gadhafi and his son Mo'tassim were killed.
The United Nations Security Council referred Gadhafi's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators to the ICC in February and authorized military intervention to protect civilians in March. The ICC indicted Gadhafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the former intelligence chief for war crimes.
Saif al-Islam is now in the custody of the Libyan authorities who have said they plan to try him in Libya instead of handing him over to The Hague-based ICC.
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