ABSTRACT

This chapter provides a key events pertaining to the International Criminal Court's (ICCs) role and impact in post-Gaddafi Libya. It offers some tentative conclusions on how Libya's experience with international criminal justice may affect the broader field of transitional justice. The chapter examines the capture of Abdullah al-Senussi in Mauritania and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi as well as the controversies over where they should be tried. It represents Saif, focusing in particular on the controversial arrest and detention of ICC defence counsel following their visit to Zintan in June 2012. The chapter offers some reflections on the implications of the pursuit of post-Gaddafi justice on the field of transitional justice. Post-Gaddafi Libya has been a battleground for legitimacy and effect. The ICC has striven to demonstrate that it is a viable international institution which can positively affect the pursuit of post-conflict justice.