International Criminal Court to investigate Libya violence

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International Criminal Court to investigate Libya violence

2011-03-04 07:55:52 GMT+7 (ICT)

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday announced the opening of an investigation in Libya.

ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday at a press conference will present an overview of the alleged crimes committed in Libya since February 15 and preliminary information as to the entities and persons who could be prosecuted and put them on notice to avoid future crimes.

The ICC's Prosecutor's office is liaising with the United Nations (UN), the African Union, the Arab League, as well as States. Additionally, Moreno-Ocampo will also request information from other sources including from Interpol who will provide assistance.

"There will be no impunity in Libya," Moreno-Ocampo said. "No one has authority to attack and massacre civilians."

Previously, the UN Security Council had asked the ICC to look into the violent repression of protesters, in which more than 1,000 people are reported to have been killed and many more injured as Qadhafi's loyalists opened fire on peaceful civilians demanding his ouster.

Furthermore, Moreno-Ocampo also noted that there are people with formal authority who should pay attention to the crimes committed by their people because if they are not preventing, stopping and punishing these crimes, they could be responsible, including the minister of foreign affairs and the head of the regime's security and military intelligence, among others.

"We'd like to use this opportunity to put them on notice. If forces under their command and control commit crimes, they could be criminally responsible," the ICC Prosecutor stated.

According to the announcement, Moreno-Ocampo will then present his case to ICC judges who will decide whether or not to issue arrest warrants based on the evidence.

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[EnSvenskTiger]

Just read this http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Structure+of+the+Court/Office+of+the+Prosecutor/Comm+and+Ref/Iraq/

and you will inderstand what a puppet that clown is!

Libya is not even on the map for ICC. :lol: !

Tiger

[chuckd]

Just read this http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Structure+of+the+Court/Office+of+the+Prosecutor/Comm+and+Ref/Iraq/

and you will inderstand what a puppet that clown is!

Libya is not even on the map for ICC. :lol: !

Tiger

Your link has nothing to do with Libya. It concerns allegations about abuse in Iraq by the UK. I found this statement particularly telling about the situation in Iraq, though.

The communication is dated 2006.

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"Even if one were to assume that Article 8(1) had been satisfied, it would then be necessary to consider the general gravity requirement under Article 53(1) B. The Office considers various factors in assessing gravity. A key consideration is the number of victims of particularly serious crimes, such as wilful killing or rape. The number of potential victims of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court in this situation – 4 to 12 victims of wilful killing and a limited number of victims of inhuman treatment – was of a different order than the number of victims found in other situations under investigation or analysis by the Office. It is worth bearing in mind that the OTP is currently investigating three situations involving long-running conflicts in Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur. Each of the three situations under investigation involves thousands of wilful killings as well as intentional and large-scale sexual violence and abductions. Collectively,

they have resulted in the displacement of more than 5 million people. Other situations under analysis also feature hundreds or thousands of such crimes.

Taking into account all the considerations, the situation did not appear to meet the required

threshold of the Statute.

In light of the conclusion reached on gravity, it was unnecessary to reach a conclusion on

complementarity. It may be observed, however, that the Office also collected information on national proceedings, including commentaries from various sources, and that national proceedings had been initiated with respect to each of the relevant incidents."