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| Libya not ready to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi - ICC | Libya not ready to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi - ICC |
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| The International Criminal Court's pre-trial chamber has rejected Libya's request to try the son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam. | The International Criminal Court's pre-trial chamber has rejected Libya's request to try the son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam. |
| Mr Gaddafi has been indicted by the ICC on war crimes charges relating to the 2011 uprising which toppled his father. | Mr Gaddafi has been indicted by the ICC on war crimes charges relating to the 2011 uprising which toppled his father. |
| He remains in the custody of a local militia that captured him in late 2011, and is not in official state custody. | He remains in the custody of a local militia that captured him in late 2011, and is not in official state custody. |
| This and other challenges meant Libya was not ready to host the trial, the pre-trial chamber's judges said. | This and other challenges meant Libya was not ready to host the trial, the pre-trial chamber's judges said. |
| In a statement, the judges at The Hague recognised "Libya's significant efforts to rebuild institutions and to restore the rule of law". | In a statement, the judges at The Hague recognised "Libya's significant efforts to rebuild institutions and to restore the rule of law". |
| However, Libya continued to "face substantial difficulties in exercising fully its judicial powers across the entire territory", they added. | However, Libya continued to "face substantial difficulties in exercising fully its judicial powers across the entire territory", they added. |
| Mr Gaddafi, who was seen as the most likely successor to his father, was captured by militias in the western town of Zintan in November 2011 - allegedly trying to flee the country. | |
| He is currently facing separate charges in Zintan, accused of complicity in exchanging information, obtaining documents that threaten national security and insulting the national flag. | |
| The charges are linked to a visit to Mr Gaddafi in June 2012 by ICC lawyer Melinda Taylor and three other ICC staff. | |
| Ms Taylor was accused of clandestinely passing Mr Gaddafi a coded letter from a fugitive former aide. | |
| The ICC staff were held for three weeks and then released to The Hague; they are not expected to return to Libya to face charges. | |
| The ICC issued a warrant for Mr Gaddafi's arrest in June 2011 for two counts of crimes against humanity. |