The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Monday, May 16, he had asked judges to issue arrest warrants against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam and the Chief intelligence, Abdullah Al-Sanusi, for crimes against humanity. "Based on evidence collected, the prosecutor's office has asked the Trial Chamber to issue an arrest warrants against Muammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam and Abdullah Al-Sanusi," said Mr.
Moreno-Ocampo, at a press conference in The Hague where the ICC headquarters. The ICC judges can decide to accept the prosecutor's motion to dismiss or request the prosecutor's office for additional information. "The evidence shows that Muammar Gaddafi had personally ordered the attacks against unarmed civilians Libyans," said Mr.
Moreno-Ocampo. "His son Seif al-Islam is the de facto prime minister, continued the magistrate Argentina, Abdullah Al-Sanusi is his right arm, and he personally ordered some attacks." Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, seized Feb. 26 by the Security Council of the United Nations, announced March 3 opening of an investigation involving eight people in total, including Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and three of his son.
Thirty missions in eleven countries have been conducted since the prosecutor's office. More than twelve hundred documents were reviewed, including videos and photographs, and over fifty interviews with some of the eyewitnesses were conducted. However, investigators have not heard witnesses in Libya in order not to endanger them, according to the prosecutor's office.
A team of five members of the prosecutor's office had completed on Sunday, a record of seventy-four pages, including five appendices, which contains details of the case presented the request for arrest warrants. Since the beginning of the revolt in mid-February, Libya, the violence has caused thousands of deaths according to the ICC prosecutor, and pushed nearly seven hundred and fifty thousand people to flee, according to the UN.
The prosecutor had also previously stated that allegations of war crimes committed in Libya, including rape and attacks committed since late February, would be the subject of another investigation. The ICC is the first permanent tribunal to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed since 2002. 
Moreno-Ocampo, at a press conference in The Hague where the ICC headquarters. The ICC judges can decide to accept the prosecutor's motion to dismiss or request the prosecutor's office for additional information. "The evidence shows that Muammar Gaddafi had personally ordered the attacks against unarmed civilians Libyans," said Mr.
Moreno-Ocampo. "His son Seif al-Islam is the de facto prime minister, continued the magistrate Argentina, Abdullah Al-Sanusi is his right arm, and he personally ordered some attacks." Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, seized Feb. 26 by the Security Council of the United Nations, announced March 3 opening of an investigation involving eight people in total, including Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and three of his son.
Thirty missions in eleven countries have been conducted since the prosecutor's office. More than twelve hundred documents were reviewed, including videos and photographs, and over fifty interviews with some of the eyewitnesses were conducted. However, investigators have not heard witnesses in Libya in order not to endanger them, according to the prosecutor's office.
A team of five members of the prosecutor's office had completed on Sunday, a record of seventy-four pages, including five appendices, which contains details of the case presented the request for arrest warrants. Since the beginning of the revolt in mid-February, Libya, the violence has caused thousands of deaths according to the ICC prosecutor, and pushed nearly seven hundred and fifty thousand people to flee, according to the UN.
The prosecutor had also previously stated that allegations of war crimes committed in Libya, including rape and attacks committed since late February, would be the subject of another investigation. The ICC is the first permanent tribunal to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed since 2002.
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