espite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at large and could have committed further murders, the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, told the Security Council on Wednesday, a UN press release said. The executions he is alleged to have committed or ordered, were filmed and depicted in videos posted on social media, the press release added. “ICC suspects who are indicted with charges of grave crimes under the Rome Statute cannot be sheltered or given refuge. “Without arrests, both the cause of international criminal justice in Libya and the very raison d’être of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) will be undermined,” she said. In her briefing, the ICC Prosecutor further told the Security Council that the volatile security situation in Libya is being exacerbated by the ongoing conflict between militias in many parts of the country.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2018 19:52 UTC