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Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Instigator of racist violence, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo,  confirmed late on Sunday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been detained by “rebel special forces” according to The Telegraph. “Saif was captured in Libya,” he said. “We have confidential information from different sources that we have within Libya confirming this.” Libyan rebels had said earlier that they had detained […]

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Luis Moreno Ocampo must resign

According to ICC Presiding Judge at the Pre-trial Chamber II Ekaterina Trendafilova, Luis Moreno Ocampo has now missed the deadline for ensuring that 59 victims who have applied to appear before the court to raise their concerns on what they underwent during Kenya’s deadliest poll violence could actually be heard: “The Prosecutor’s Request makes clear […]

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Luis Moreno-Ocampo to investigate war crimes committed by different parties

Will US and Qatari war crimes be investigated by the ICC? As far as the HRI investigation into the cluster bombing of Misrata is concerned the crucial passage in today’s statement seeking arrest warrants for Muammar Abu Minya Gaddafi, Saif Al Islam Gaddafi and the Head of the Intelligence Abdullah Al Sanousi is: The Office […]

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The ICC has another African leader in its sights

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression). It was set up in 2002. The prosecutor of the ICC is Luis Moreno-Ocampo. Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the UN Security […]