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STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 2.41
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 2 NOVEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
2 NOVEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor on the International Criminal Court (ICC):
“We have received questions from individuals linked to Saif Al-Islam about the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender to the Court: what would happen to him if he appeared before the Judges, could he be sent back to Libya, what would happen if he were to be convicted or acquitted? We clarified that in accordance to article 107 of the Statute he may request the Judges not to order his return to Libya after his conviction or acquittal.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor on the International Criminal Court (ICC):
“The prosecution has been in contact with different sources reporting multiple victims of sexual violence, allegedly committed by Gaddafi security forces. While it is premature to draw conclusions on specific numbers, the information and evidence indicate at this stage that hundreds of rapes were committed during the conflict“
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor on the International Criminal Court (ICC):
“There are allegations of crimes committed by NATO forces, allegations of crimes committed by the Libyan Government, NTC, including the alleged detention of civilians suspected to be mercenaries and the alleged killing of detained combatants, as well as allegations of additional crimes committed by Gaddafi forces. These allegations will be examined impartially and independently by the Office.”
8. Zoom in, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim Dabbashi, Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations:
“I assure you the new Libyan authorities have nothing to hide. They believe that the achievement of justice is a fundamental element in the creation of a secure, stable and prosperous democratic State. No one in the new Libya will be exempt from being punished for crimes committed.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) addressed the Security Council today (2 November) and said that after the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, his office is galvanizing efforts to arrest and prosecute Saif Al-Islam Qadhafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi, who remain at large.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Council that his office has been in indirect contact with Saif al-Islam, son of the former Libyan leader, on his possible surrender to face charges for crimes against humanity.
He said “individuals linked to Saif Al-Islam” have contacted the ICC with questions about “the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender to the Court” including “what would happen to him if he appeared before the Judges, could he be sent back to Libya, what would happen if he were to be convicted or acquitted?”
Ocampo clarified that in accordance to article 107 of the ICC Statute, Saif Al-Islam “may request the Judges not to order his return to Libya after his conviction or acquittal.”
In June the ICC issued arrest warrants for Colonel Qadhafi, his son and the country’s intelligence chief, Al-Senussi for their roles in attacks against protesters, hundreds of whom are confirmed to have been killed since opposition forces rose up against the regime as part of a wider pro-democracy movement across North Africa and the Middle East.
In his report to the Council, the Prosecutor said that his office was also investigating allegations of gender crime in Libya.
He said that the prosecution has been in contact “with different sources reporting multiple victims of sexual violence, allegedly committed by Gaddafi security forces.”
He added that “while it is premature to draw conclusions on specific numbers, the information and evidence indicate at this stage that hundreds of rapes were committed during the conflict."
He also said that there are allegations of “crimes committed by NATO forces, allegations of crimes committed by the Libyan Government, NTC, including the alleged detention of civilians suspected to be mercenaries and the alleged killing of detained combatants, as well as allegations of additional crimes committed by Gaddafi forces.”
These allegations, as well as the circumstances surrounding the death of Colonel Qadhafi, “will be examined impartially and independently by the Office.”
Qadhafi was killed in his hometown of Sirte during the final days of the eight-month-long conflict under murky circumstances.
Libyan Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi assured the Council that the new Libyan authorities “have nothing to hide” as they believe “that the achievement of justice is a fundamental element in the creation of a secure, stable and prosperous democratic State.”
He stressed that “no one in the new Libya will be exempt from being punished for crimes committed.”
Meanwhile, earlier today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser today made an unannounced visit to Tripoli, where they hailed the bravery of the Libyan people in throwing off tyranny and urged them to remain united in rebuilding the country.
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