Libya has accepted the International Criminal Court’s authority to research alleged battle crimes within the nation, regardless of not being a signatory to the Rome Statute, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan stated Thursday.
“I strongly welcome the courage, the leadership and the decision by the Libyan authorities” to acknowledge the ICC’s jurisdiction over potential battle crimes and repression dedicated since 2011 till the tip of 2027, Khan added.
In November 2022, ICC’s Khan — the primary chief prosecutor to go to Libya in a decade — stated he had urged Haftar to stop crimes by his troops.
“Military commanders must prevent, must repress and must punish crimes when they emerge,” Khan stated on the time.
Oil-rich Libya was break up by rival administrations, one within the east, backed by putschist army commander Khalifa Haftar, and a U.N.-supported administration within the west, within the capital of Tripoli.
Libya’s present political disaster stems from the failure to carry elections in December 2021 and the refusal of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who led a transitional authorities in Tripoli, to step down. In response, the nation’s east-based parliament appointed a rival prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, who has for months sought to put in his authorities in Tripoli.
Source: www.dailysabah.com