The case against Saif Qaddafi

I argue here that the case against Saif Qaddafi at the International Criminal Court could be plenty complicated, not least because Libya may well try to get him back. Just a few hours ago, Reuters reported that Libya’s interim justice minister is making the case for trying Saif at home: It’s better if he (Saif ...

By , a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

I argue here that the case against Saif Qaddafi at the International Criminal Court could be plenty complicated, not least because Libya may well try to get him back. Just a few hours ago, Reuters reported that Libya's interim justice minister is making the case for trying Saif at home:

I argue here that the case against Saif Qaddafi at the International Criminal Court could be plenty complicated, not least because Libya may well try to get him back. Just a few hours ago, Reuters reported that Libya’s interim justice minister is making the case for trying Saif at home:

It’s better if he (Saif al-Islam) faces trial in Libya but that needs guarantees of a fair trial of international standards. The Libyan justice system is normal. The Libyan justice system should try him here first and then, if he needs to, he can face international justice.

In the context of these competing pressures, it’s worth recalling the idea that David Kaye put forward a few months ago: holding an internationally-run trial of the Qaddafis in Libya.

David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist

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