The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, announced on Tuesday the launching of a roadmap for the work of the ICC's team in Libya, adding during his briefing at the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya, that the roadmap has two stages: The first is the investigation, and they intend to finish it by 2025, saying it won't be easy and will require cooperation with the authorities in Libya.
He said the second stage is the judicial one: the completion stage, saying they will work to issue arrest warrants for those involved in crimes in Libya, and prosecute at least one by the end of next year.
The Prosecutor confirmed that the ICC's investigations into the situation in Libya cannot be disclosed publicly, calling on the Security Council to support the roadmap and indicating that the ICC will submit requests to issue additional arrest warrants through the investigation tracks, pointing out that their team visited Libya 18 times and collected more than 800 pieces of evidence, including video and audio materials as well as information as forensic evidence.
Khan expected, during the coming period, additional visits from members of the ICC to Tripoli, saying that the opening of an ICC office in Tripoli will help implement Security Council Resolution 1970. He said that the ICC was examining the killing of former Defense Minister Mahdi Al-Barghathi and evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence to issue an arrest warrant next year. He pointed out that the ICC documented reports of immigrants being forced to participate in hostilities while under the control of militias.
