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International Criminal Court: Saif Gaddafi, Mahmoud Al-Werfalli must surrender
 [Libya Observer] The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda requested the UN Security Council to help urge Libyan authorities apprehend and surrender Saif al-Islam Qadaffy - son of Moamar Qadaffy- and the commander of Saiqa Force of Haftar-led forces Mahmoud al-Werfalli, as well as former head of Qadaffy’s Interior Security Agency al-Tuhamy Khalid.Bensouda told the Security Council that ending impunity of runaways is very vital for the security situation in Libya. "Surrendering runaways to the ICC is very challenging. There can be no justice made to the victims until the criminals are surrendered to the court." She remarked. "In June Mr. Qadaffy argued that, because of ongoing domestic proceedings conducted against him in Libya, he cannot be tried at the ICC: this argument is rejected by the Court and the case, said Ms Bensouda, remains admissible: because Mr Qadaffy’s challenge is currently sub judice," she added. Bensouda also said that Saif Qadaffy is just one of several individuals in Libya whose alleged criminal acts could fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC. "On the 5th of June this year, Mr Qadaffy filed an admissibility challenge submitting that his case is inadmissible before the ICC. Significantly, in his challenge, Mr Qadaffy states that on or around the 12th of April 2016, he was released from custody of the Abu-Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion in Zintan, pursuant to an amnesty law. Mr Qadaffy also argues that as a consequence of the domestic proceedings conducted against him in Libya he cannot be tried at the ICC." Bensouda’s statement reads. She added that for the reasons set out in my written response to this admissibility challenge, filed on the 28th of September 2018, she argued that Saif Qadaffy's case remains admissible before the Court. Posted by: Fred 2018-11-05 |
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