2024-05-15 14:40:05
The Prosecutor of the Worldwide Prison Court docket, Karim Khan, introduced right this moment, Tuesday, the launch of a street map for the work of the court docket’s crew in Libya.
This got here throughout his briefing, right this moment, Tuesday, earlier than the UN Safety Council on the scenario in Libya.
Khan stated: “I current to you two phases inside the street map. The primary is the investigation, and we intend to complete it by 2025. This stage is not going to be straightforward and requires cooperation with the authorities in Libya.”
The court docket’s basic advocates clarified that the second stage is the judicial stage, the completion stage.
He added: “We are going to work to problem arrest warrants for these concerned in crimes in Libya, and we’ll prosecute at the very least one by the tip of subsequent yr.”
He identified that the Worldwide Prison Court docket will submit requests to problem extra arrest warrants via the investigation tracks, declaring that the Worldwide Prison Court docket crew visited Libya 18 instances and picked up greater than 800 items of proof, together with video and audio supplies and knowledge as forensic proof.
Khan continued: “We anticipate, throughout the coming interval, extra visits from members of the Worldwide Prison Court docket to Tripoli… and the opening of an Worldwide Prison Workplace in Tripoli will assist implement Safety Council Decision 1970.”
The Public Prosecutor famous that the court docket is analyzing the killing of former Protection Minister Mahdi Al-Barghathi and is evaluating the sufficiency of the proof to problem an arrest warrant subsequent yr, noting that the Worldwide Prison Court docket is constant investigations concerning extrajudicial killings and kidnappings.
Khan identified that the court docket documented studies of migrants being compelled to take part in hostilities whereas underneath the management of militias.
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