ICC / OCAMPO

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters today that Libya has the primary responsibility to implement the arrest warrants for Muammar al-Qadhafi, son Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi and brother-in-law Abdullah Al Senussi. He said the country was not a State Party of the Rome Statute, but a member of the UN since 1955 and has to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1970, which specifically called on Libya to "cooperate fully with and provide any necessary assistance to the Court and the Prosecutor." ICC

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:28
• Production Date: 28 June 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC
• Subject Topical: CRIMES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: U110628b

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STORY: ICC / OCAMPO
TRT: 2:38
SOURCE: ICC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 27 - 28 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

Shotlist

27 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

1. Wide shot, ICC meeting on issuing arrest warrants

28 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court:
“Just four months ago, the world requested justice for crimes committed in Libya and the UN Security Council unanimously asked for the intervention of the International Criminal Court. Yesterday, the Court delivered its first decision, it issued arrest warrants against Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al Senussi for shooting civilians on the streets and persecuting alleged dissidents in their homes as crimes against humanity.”

27 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

3. Med shot, ICC meeting on issuing arrest warrants

28 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court:
“In accordance with Security Council, Libya has the primary responsibility to implement the arrest warrants. Libya is not a State Party of the Rome Statute, but it is a member of the United Nations since 1955. Libya has to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1970, which specifically called on Libya to ‘cooperate fully with and provide any necessary assistance to the Court and the Prosecutor.’”

27 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

5. Med shot, ICC meeting on issuing arrest warrants

28 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court:
“International forces operating under UN Security Council Resolution 1973 have no specific mandate to implement arrest warrants, and the Court is not asking for that.”

27 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

7. Med shot, ICC meeting on issuing arrest warrants

28 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court:
“More than ever there is an urgent need for negotiations. But negotiations have to respect UN Security Council Resolution 1970 to do justice in Libya and the Court’s decision that Gaddafi, his son Saif and Al Senussi should be arrested.”

27 JUNE 2011, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

9. Med shot, ICC meeting on issuing arrest warrants

Storyline

The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo addressed the press today (28 June) on the Court’s recent decision to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi, one of his sons and the country’s intelligence chief for crimes against humanity allegedly committed since the pro-democracy movement began in February.

Ocampo said that the warrants were issued for “shooting civilians on the streets and persecuting alleged dissidents in their homes as crimes against humanity.”

Hundreds of people are confirmed to have been killed since opposition forces rose up against the regime of Qadhafi in February as part of a wider pro-democracy movement across North Africa and the Middle East.
Ocampo said that although “Libya is not a State Party of the Rome Statute” of the ICC, it “has the primary responsibility to implement the arrest warrants.”

In resolution 1970, adopted in February, the Security Council referred the situation in Libya to the ICC and specifically called on the country to “cooperate fully with and provide any necessary assistance to the Court and the Prosecutor.”

Ocampo noted that the international forces operating in Libya under Security Council resolution 1973, which was adopted in March and authorized States to take “all necessary measures” to protect civilians amid the regime’s violent crackdown against its own people, have no specific mandate to carry out arrest warrants.

Ocampo added that “more than ever there is an urgent need for negotiations” but the negotiations have to respect the resolutions “to do justice in Libya and the Court’s decision that Gaddafi, his son Saif and Al Sanussi should be arrested.”

On the humanitarian front, as of 23 June, more than 1.1 million people had crossed the borders from Libya to Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, Algeria, Chad and Sudan.

UN agencies have been able to access more areas inside the country, largely due to an agreement that was reached with the Libyan authorities in April to provide security and other necessary arrangements for humanitarian efforts.