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Libya, the UN, and the ICC

Posted on Feb 27, 2011, by Lyonette Louis-Jacques

The following sources are useful for an international legal perspective on the situation in Libya:

Peace Palace Library

Update: Libya and the International Criminal Court (ICC) (March 14, 2011)

The Telegraph

Libya: African mercenaries 'immune from prosecution for war crimes' (February 28, 2011)

Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)

United Nations Security Council Refers Libya to the ICC: ICC Prosecutor to Decide whether to Investigate Alleged Crimes Against Humanity (February 27, 2011)

Opinio Juris

Update: Could the Prosecutor Decide Not to Investigate the Libyan Situation? (February 28, 2011)
Can the Security Council Define the Limits of a “Situation”? (February 27, 2011)
Security Council Refers the Situation in Libya to the ICC (February 27, 2011)
Libya: Did Citizen Evacuations Stand in the Way of Better Policy? (February 26, 2011)
The “Libya and Humanitarian Intervention” Meme (February 24, 2011)

IntLawGrrls

ICC referral: sweet, or bittersweet? (February 27, 2011)
Libya: Global Condemnations of Human Rights Violations (February 26, 2011)(links to selected international statements and developments)
Human Rights Council call: Suspend Libya (February 25, 2011)