ICC unseals arrest warrant for Libya war criminal

ICC unseals arrest warrant for Libya war criminal

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday unsealed an arrest warrant for a militia officer who allegedly committed war crimes in Libya during non-international armed conflict, including murder, torture, and outrages upon personal dignity. The UN Security Council referred the situation in Libya to the ICC in 2011 in accordance with Resolution 1970 (2011), giving the ICC jurisdiction over any crimes committed in Libya, despite the country n…

ICC Calls for Cooperation to Arrest Libyan War Crimes Suspect

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has welcomed a decision by Pre-Trial Chamber I to grant its request to lift the confidentiality of an arrest warrant for suspect Seif Suleiman Sneidl, accused of committing war crimes in eastern Libya. According to Prosecutor Karim Khan, Sneidl is alleged to have participated in three executions between June 2016 and July 2017 in Benghazi and surrounding areas, which resulted…