Head of the Executive Committee of the INC-Libya Mahmoud Jibril meets with the ICC Prosecutor

ICC Chief Prosecutor greeted So Called Libyan Rebel Leader Jibril

Today, 29 June 2011, the Head of the Executive Council of the Interim National Council (INC) in Libya, Mr Mahmoud Jibril met with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo in The Hague.
Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo welcomed Mr Jibril and used the opportunity to reiterate the responsibility of Libyan authorities in implementing Resolution 1970 and the arrest warrants issued by ICC judges against Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi for crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Libya since 15 February 2011.

The Prosecutor explained to Mr Jibril the independent and purely legal nature of his Office’s work and analyses. He discussed the ongoing investigations and indicated that the next phase of the investigation will concern the allegations of war crimes that might have been committed by the parties to the conflict, of attacks against sub-Saharian Africans wrongly perceived as mercenaries and of mass rapes.

Mr Jibril reaffirmed the INC’s position: “Libya should take the lead in anything related to Libya and on Libyan soil”, he said. On the conflict in general, he added, “we discussed the issue of national reconciliation after this ordeal and tragedy is over as well as compensation for victims of killings and rape.”
The ICC Prosecutor and Mr Jibril agreed on the need to put an end to the impunity of the most responsible perpetrators of the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya, regardless of their position or political camp.