Iveta Cherneva

Iveta Cherneva is a writer, owner of 'ICWords Ltd' and former ISOA associate. Her career includes the United Nations, US Congress Oxford GEG and a number of non-profit institutions.

May 012011

A Jurisdictional Triangle

Government Affairs, Number 6, Volume 6

Journal of International Peace Operations
Volume 6, Number 6 – May-June, 2011

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team have been given a central role to play in addressing the widespread and systematic attacks against the civilian population in Libya since February 15, 2011, which “may amount to crimes against humanity,” as stated in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1970. Approved unanimously on February 26, 2011, paragraph 4 of the Resolution referred the situation in Libya to the ICC, the proceedings for which the Court initiated on March 3, 2011.

Council Resolution 1970 deplores the civilian deaths and systematic human rights violations occurring on the territory of Libya since mid-February this year, as well as the incitement to hostility and violence against the civilian population made from the highest level of the Libyan government. On a number of occasions grad rockets have been reportedly fired into clearly defined civilian areas; military tanks were reported to enter residential areas in cities such as Benghazi and Misrata, among other reported violations.

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