On 11 October 2013, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided that the case against Mr Al-Senussi is currently subject to domestic proceedings conducted by the Libyan competent authorities and that Libya is willing and able genuinely to carry out such investigation. Therefore, the Judges concluded that the case is inadmissible before the Court, in accordance with the principle of complementarity enshrined in the Rome Statute, founding treaty of the ICC.
The Prosecutor and the Defence may appeal this decision and the Prosecutor may submit a request for review of the decision when she is fully satisfied that new facts have arisen which negate the basis on which the case had previously been found inadmissible under article 17.
Further information as well as summary of the decision are available from the ICC website.
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