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Libya makes pledge over Gadhafi case
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November 25, 2011, Friday
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LIBYA'S transitional leaders have vowed to work with the International Criminal Court and the United Nations in investigating crimes allegedly committed by Moammar Gadhafi's recently captured son and one-time heir apparent, the court's prosecutor said yesterday.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the court received the formal pledge in a letter from National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdul-Jalil.
Moreno-Ocampo said he was satisfied with that move, which appears to settle a dispute between the court and Libyan authorities over who should try Seif al-Islam Gadhafi for crimes against humanity.
Libya is obliged by a UN Security Council resolution to work with the ICC, but that does not preclude a trial in Libya. If the court determines the country has a functioning legal system that will give Seif al-Islam a fair trial on substantially the same charges as those filed with the ICC, it can leave the case with Libya.
Moreno-Ocampo said the most important thing is for Seif al-Islam, whom he called the "face of the old regime," to face justice.
The ICC has charged both Seif al-Islam and the Gadhafi-era intelligence chief Abdullah al--Senoussi with crimes against humanity for unleashing the crackdown on an uprising that began in February and became a civil war.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the court received the formal pledge in a letter from National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdul-Jalil.
Moreno-Ocampo said he was satisfied with that move, which appears to settle a dispute between the court and Libyan authorities over who should try Seif al-Islam Gadhafi for crimes against humanity.
Libya is obliged by a UN Security Council resolution to work with the ICC, but that does not preclude a trial in Libya. If the court determines the country has a functioning legal system that will give Seif al-Islam a fair trial on substantially the same charges as those filed with the ICC, it can leave the case with Libya.
Moreno-Ocampo said the most important thing is for Seif al-Islam, whom he called the "face of the old regime," to face justice.
The ICC has charged both Seif al-Islam and the Gadhafi-era intelligence chief Abdullah al--Senoussi with crimes against humanity for unleashing the crackdown on an uprising that began in February and became a civil war.
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