AMSTERDAM: Libya must hand over the former spy chief and top lieutenant of toppled Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi to the international criminal court, war crimes judges said on Thursday.
“Libya remains under obligation to comply with the surrender request,” the judges said, in a ruling that places the court on a collision course with Libyan authorities who have resisted attempts to have Abdullah Al-Senussi extradited.
Senussi was charged alongside Qaddafi’s son Seif Al-Islam with committing crimes during the uprising that led to the toppling of Qaddafi. Libya says it wants to try the pair in its own courts.
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Hague court orders Libya to hand over Al-Senussi
Hague court orders Libya to hand over Al-Senussi
UK, Canada, Germany and others condemn Israel’s West Bank settlement plan
- Statement from 14 countries condemns Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank
- New settlements in the occupied West Bank 'violate international law and risk fueling instability'
LONDON: Countries including Britain, Canada and Germany and others on Wednesday condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying they violated international law and risked fueling instability.
“We call on Israel to reverse this decision, as well as the expansion of settlements,” said a joint statement released by Britain, which also included Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
“We recall that such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” the statement added.
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