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Libya to delay trial for Gaddafi's son for five months

September 10, 2012 09:05:59 AM

The trial for Saif al-Islam , one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, will be postponed for five months so the prosecution can obtain evidence from Libya's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi , government officials announced on Sunday....

September 5, 2012 09:29:28 AM

Mauritanian authorities extradited former Libyan chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi to Libya on Wednesday according to Mauritania state news agencies. Al-Senussi was arrested in Mauritania in March, and Libya is now seeking to try al-Senussi ...

August 23, 2012 03:56:04 PM

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will face trial in September, according to Libyan prosecutors. Although the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant for his arrest for...

August 1, 2012 12:46:02 PM

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he believes he should be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST...

July 6, 2012 11:20:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Stuart Ford of the John Marshall Law School says that although the International Criminal Court has encountered numerous obstacles during the first ten years of its existence, its reputation will ultimately be decided over a longer period...

July 6, 2012 10:14:43 AM

A lawyer for the International Criminal Court (ICC) who was recently released from detention in Libya stated Friday that she did not believe Libya could hold a fair trial for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news...

July 2, 2012 11:12:17 AM

The Libyan government on Monday released four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members who had been detained for nearly four weeks. The release was announced while the ICC's president, Sang-Hyun Song, was visiting the country....

July 2, 2012 12:00:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer of the Northwestern University School of Law says that although the US is not an official member of the International Criminal Court, it can nonetheless promote international justice through strengthening its unofficial ties to the...

June 21, 2012 03:25:58 PM

A spokesperson for the Libyan government told reporters this week that the government has begun interrogations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members detained in Libya. The Libyan government maintains that they have evidence some of...

June 17, 2012 10:48:19 AM

The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded the immediate release of a group of four staff members from the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya earlier this month. The Security Council noted...

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