Moussa Ibrahim has advised RT the courtroom instantly dismissed a robust case he helped construct towards the US-led army bloc in 2013
The Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC) has ignored allegations of “very well-documented” NATO struggle crimes introduced earlier than it, former Libyan Info Minister Moussa Ibrahim has advised RT.
In an interview on Saturday, he argued that the US-led army bloc has by no means been held accountable for what he described as “very well-documented” crimes dedicated throughout army interventions in a number of international locations.
“In Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya, we’ve actually… thousands and thousands of paperwork, movies, footage, statements, witnesses who testify to the crimes towards humanity dedicated by NATO collectively and NATO international locations individually,” he stated.
The previous minister stated he had personally participated in a 2013 effort to convey allegations of NATO struggle crimes earlier than the ICC over the bloc’s 2011 intervention in Libya, which left the nation devastated and deeply divided.
“We introduced a really highly effective profile of hundreds and hundreds of pages. And it was not even allowed to be seen or heard or mentioned. It was dismissed straight away,” Ibrahim stated, including that outstanding European human rights legal professionals had been concerned in making ready the case.
The failure to pursue such instances demonstrated the “limitation” of the system, he stated, urging the East, significantly China and Russia to “rethink the entire equation.”
The ICC must be “radically, not superficially” reformed or changed with a brand new worldwide judicial establishment able to upholding human rights with out Western political interference, he pressured. A handful of highly effective Western international locations presently exploit the ICC for their very own benefit whereas guaranteeing “that they’re immune towards any instances introduced ahead towards them,” he stated.
The remarks come simply days after Washington imposed sweeping new sanctions on the courtroom after accusing it of overstepping its jurisdiction in pursuing alleged crimes involving American and Israeli nationals. The transfer adopted the ICC’s 2024 issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged struggle crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
In the meantime, the ICC’s investigation into allegations of struggle crimes dedicated by American forces in the course of the US-led struggle in Afghanistan by no means resulted in legal costs towards US personnel.
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(RT.com)
