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Africa North
ICC says Libya can try Gaddafi spy chief Senussi
2013-10-12
[Al Ahram] The International Criminal Court
... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
on Friday ruled that Libya can try slain dictator Muammar Qadaffy
...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens...
's former spy chief, having previously demanded he be handed over to The Hague.

Because Abdallah al-Senussi is being tried in Libya, ICC judges "concluded that the case is inadmissible before the court, in accordance with the principle of complementarity," it said.

The ICC stressed that the Senussi decision had no bearing on the case against Qadaffy's son Seif al-Islam, who is still wanted in The Hague.

Qadaffy's former heir apparent and others including Senussi are accused of crimes during the revolt against Qadaffy two years ago.

Judges ruled that "the case against Senussi is currently subject to domestic proceedings conducted by the Libyan competent authorities and that Libya is willing and able genuinely to carry out such investigation."

The ICC's founding document, the Rome Statute, says that the ICC cannot carry out proceedings against a suspect if they are receiving a fair trial in a domestic court.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Gosh, thanks!

Channelocks to the ready, boys....
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2013-10-12 08:30  

#1  ...Well, since the Libyans were gonna do it anyways, this works out nicely. I suspect the ICC's insistence on trying Senussi was more than likely semi kinda related to the fact that the lad Knows Embarassing Things That Others Would Like Kept Secret, and an ICC imprisonment and trial (tenatively scheduled for never) would have kept him comfortable, alive, and quiet.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2013-10-12 06:22  

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