THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND THE CASES OF MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI, SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI AND ABDULLAH AL-SENUSSI
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https://doi.org/10.21783/rei.v1i1.15Mots-clés :
International Criminal Court, United Nations Security Council, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Libya, War CrimesRésumé
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the international organization created through the Rome Statute in order to judge the main international cases of crimes that are under its jurisdiction. Even tough is an in independent organization and therefore not a part of the United Nations (UN) system, it is strictly related to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), who has addressed the situation in Libya to the Court in 2011 through the Resolution 1970. From that moment on, the ICC analyzed the cases of Muammar Al-Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi, who were high authorities in the previous Libyan regime. Therefore, this article aims to demonstrate the context of creation of the International Criminal Court and the forces involved on it as well as the situation in Libya and how the judgment of its formers leaders were related to the ICC. The focus is to highlight the importance of the Court and to analyze its capability of fulfilling its objectives in nowadays-international system specifically in the observance of the cases in study.Téléchargements
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