Global arrest warrant issued for Qaddafi, son
The International Criminal Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar al Qaddafi, his son Saif al Islam Qaddafi, and Libya’s head of intelligence, Abdullah Al-Senussi, who is Qaddafi’s brother-in-law, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The warrants name Qaddafi for the commission of two categories of crimes against humanity: Murder under Article 7(1)(a) of the Rome Statute, and persecution of crimes against humanity under Article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute.
The court’s move comes on the 101st day of aerial bombardment by NATO warplanes and helicopters of “command and control” sites belonging to Qaddafi’s regime - a limited military campaign which has enabled the nation’s rebel movement to hold their ground, but advance very little on the regime’s strongholds.