ICC prosecutor expects Libya cooperation on trial

Published November 8, 2012 12:30am ET



UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said Wednesday she expects the Libyan government’s support and cooperation if judges rule that the son and one-time heir-apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi must be tried by the war crimes tribunal — not by a Libyan court.

On the other hand, Fatou Bensouda told the U.N. Security Council that if the judges decide that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi should be tried by a Libyan court “my office will monitor those proceedings and cooperate with Libya to the extent my mandate allows.”

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