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ICC Trial for Seif al-Islam Could Be in Libya
[An Nahar] The trial of deposed Libyan leader Moammar Qadaffy's son Seif al-Islam could be held in Libya under the auspices of the  International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... , its chief prosecutor said Friday. "The prosecutor proposed as a third possibility that the ICC might, subject to judges' approval, conduct the trial against Seif al-Islam in Libya," Luis Moreno-Ocampo said in a document before the Hague-based court. He also proposed two other options, namely Libya asking the ICC to decide whether a Libyan court could prosecute Seif, or Libyan courts trying Seif for other crimes, for which he is wanted in Libya, with the ICC prosecuting him on a separate charge of crimes against humanity. The ICC's mandate says it can only prosecute those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes if a state's national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate and prosecute them. Moreno-Ocampo's report to ICC judges follows a visit to Tripoli this week to meet Libyan authorities for talks on jurisdiction in the case. Moammar Qadaffy's one-time heir apparent, Seif, 39, was nabbed almost a week ago in Libya's southern Saharan region after three months on the run. He and Qadaffy's former spymaster, Abdullah al-Senussi, 62, are wanted on ICC arrest warrants issued on June 27 for crimes against humanity when trying to put down the north African country's bloody revolt, sparked in February. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-26 |
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