The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that he hoped to be able to visit Libya early next year, where his teams have not yet been able to go due to the pandemic. of Covid-19 and insecurity in the country.
"Early next year, conditions permitting, I plan to go to Libya,"
British prosecutor told 15 council members at meeting on Libya and the ICC .
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"I would like to engage more with the Libyan government but also with other stakeholders,"
said Karim Khan, stressing the need for
"open dialogue".
The ICC has a long history of investigating crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Libya as well as abuses committed against migrants.
In this context, the son of the ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, presidential candidate in Libya scheduled for December 24, has been wanted since 2011 by the ICC for “crimes against humanity”. During the Council session, the United States and Ireland in particular called on the Libyan authorities to bring those wanted by the ICC to justice.
Karim Khan said that for Libyan affairs where his impartiality could be called into question, he would recuse himself.
This is already the case for the case related to Seif Al-Islam, which he previously defended before the Court, he said, indicating that his deputy at the ICC was responsible for monitoring this case.
For the Court,
"this common quest to reduce impunity for genocide or crimes against humanity, war crimes, must allow us to come together instead of dividing us further,"
Karim Khan told the Security Council. .
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