The General Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: efforts to issue new arrest warrants for crimes perpetrators in Libya

On Thursday, he was surrounded by a meeting of the Security Council regarding the situation in Libya, Khan said that based on intensive work, “There was a moment of real importance, a moment of hope.”When the Italian authorities arrested Osama Al -Masry Njeim on January 20 this year, based on an arrest warrant issued by the first preliminary department of the International Criminal Court, at the request of his office.

But Khan pointed out that “This hope quickly turned into frustration”He explained that Najim “I am back to the place where we were committed to crimes against humanity and war crimes, including killing, torture and persecution in Maitika prison.”.

Khan stated that these crimes were committed by Njeim personally, or by him, or by helping him by members of the deterrent forces.

He added: “Victims are often imprisoned because of their beliefs. Many of those who have identified their identities are targeted just because of their different opinions or their willingness to define themselves publicly as Christians.”.

A work will not go in vain

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court stressed that the impact of their work will not go in vain and will continue, revealing that his office is actively seeking to issue arrest warrants against additional individuals regarding crimes committed during detention throughout Libya, in the east and west.

Khan described the decision of the Libyan Prime Minister to dissolve the deterrent action to combat terrorism and organized crime, and to dismiss Njeim from the position of director of the Operations and Judicial Security Department as it “A positive step”Calling on the Libyan authorities to hand over Njeim to the International Criminal Court.

He touched on another development, which is the spread of a video clip showing Ibrahim Al -Darsi – a member of the House of Representatives – being tortured and registered with chains.

He emphasized that his office is working with the Libyan authorities to verify the health of the video, describing it as additional evidence of heinous crimes that are still committed.

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Khan stressed that it is necessary to meet their focus on the crimes committed in Libya with the cooperation of countries in the arrest of those responsible.

He said that all countries must fulfill their obligations Rome’s basic system (Founder of the International Criminal Court) andSecurity Council Resolution 1970 of 2011 Who referred the situation in Libya to the court, “So that we can together eliminate the feeling of impunity that nourishes this cruelty.”.

Khan announced that Libya had submitted an advertisement under Article 12 (3) of the Rome Basic System, which allows to deepen cooperation with the International Criminal Court.

He welcomed this announcement, saying: “This announcement reflects a new will to cooperate and benefit from justice in seeking a better future.”.

He concluded by saying: “I am convinced that work together will now enable us to provide more and ensure that those in those detention centers, those exposed to trafficking, and those who have spent a long time without justice to their missing loved ones, will feel the effect of our work.”.