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Luis Moreno Ocampo Meeting NTC Leaders
Ocampo said that he was not competing for the right to judge Seif, and that he understood the symbolic meaning of judging him in Libya, but if that happened, it should be with the assurance that the presidential son would not be shielded from justice.
NTC leaders called the capture of Seif al-Islam on Saturday a “last chapter in Libyan history.” Abdullah al-Senussi, the former chief spy, was also apprehended by the rebels.
Ocampo said that he would be working with the Libyan authorities for the next months, in order to make sure that procedures are observed and that Seif al-Islam benefits from a fair trial.
A problem of incompatibility may be the fact that Libya still has the death penalty in its law codes, whereas the most ICC can impose as penalty is life imprisonment. There is concern that if found guilty, Seif faces execution.
Ocampo reminded that ICC is not a system that monitors how the trial is being conducted but an organization that makes sure there is no impunity for crimes. He added he would not tell Libyans how to judge the case.
ICC issued an arrest warrant in the name of Seif al-Islam accusing him of crimes against humanity during the uprising earlier this year. After the demise of his father, Seif is said to have negotiated his surrender to the ICC.
When he was apprehended, the main concern was to make sure he did not share the same fate as his father, whose gruesome demise prompted the international human rights observers to demand an inquiry into the circumstances of his death.
Meanwhile, the National Transitional Council appointed on Tuesday a new government, which would lead the country towards its first democratic elections in the history. Abdurrahim el-Keeb is the new prime minister of Libya, and his defense minister is Osama al-Juwali, the commander of the forces in Zintan which captured Seif al-Islam.
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