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ICC Backs Trial for Gaddafi Son in Libya

HeadlineNov 23, 2011

The International Criminal Court says it will not stand in the way if Libya seeks to prosecute the son of Muammar Gaddafi on its home turf. Speaking on a visit to the Libyan capital of Tripoli, ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he has no objections to seeing the trial of Saif al-Islam held inside Libya.

Luis Moreno-Ocampo: “Libya now established its new government, and they have the right to prosecute Saif and Senussi here. And in accordance with our rules, the primacy is for the national system. If they conduct the proceedings, the court will not intervene.”

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