Int’l Criminal Court says Libyan war crimes suspect now in custody

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Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri allegedly committed superior crimes astatine Libya’s Mitiga Prison from 2015 to 2020, The Hague-based ICC says.

Published On 2 Dec 2025

The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it has taken Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, who is wanted for allegedly committing crimes against humanity and warfare crimes successful Libya betwixt 2015 and 2020, into custody.

El Hishri was “surrendered to the custody” of the tribunal successful The Hague, the Netherlands, connected Monday, by authorities successful Germany, wherever helium was arrested connected July 16 this year.

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“Mr El Hishri is alleged to person been 1 of the astir elder Mitiga Prison officials, wherever thousands of persons were detained for prolonged periods,” the ICC said successful a statement.

“He is suspected of having committed straight himself, ordered oregon overseen crimes against humanity and warfare crimes, including murder, torture, rape and intersexual violence, allegedly committed successful Libya from February 2015 to aboriginal 2020,” the tribunal said.

The ICC has been investigating alleged crimes against humanity and warfare crimes committed successful Libya since March 2011, pursuing a petition from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Situation successful #Libya: Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri is successful #ICC custody, astatine the ICC Detention Centre successful The Hague (Netherlands). A proceeding volition beryllium scheduled successful owed people for Mr El Hishri’s archetypal quality earlier the Court. Learn much ⤵️ https://t.co/6kvEZ6Ei1Y

— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) December 1, 2025

El Hishri’s transportation to the ICC’s custody comes a week aft the court’s lawman prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, briefed the 15-member UNSC successful New York connected the details of the ongoing case, saying that “there is simply a caller momentum towards justness successful Libya”.

“For excessively long, crimes committed successful detention facilities successful … Libya person represented a no-go country for accountability,” she told the UNSC. But she added that the tribunal has been facing “unprecedented headwinds”, including intimidation of its officials.

“It is the victims of murder, intersexual violence, torture and the different astir superior crimes addressed by our Court that basal to suffer the astir from these coercive actions,” she said.

Although Libya is not a enactment to the Rome Statute, the pact which created the ICC, it has accepted the court’s jurisdiction implicit its territory from 2011 to the extremity of 2027, arsenic of May this year.

The ICC inactive has 9 different outstanding apprehension warrants successful narration to the aforesaid case, including for erstwhile Libyan person Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, and Chief of Judicial Police Osama Elmasry Njeem.

Njeem was detained successful Italy successful January this year, but wrong a fewer days, helium was reportedly released and transferred backmost to Libya, wherever helium faced apprehension past month, according to media reports.

The ICC released a connection astatine the clip of Njeem’s merchandise from Italian detention, reminding governments that are enactment to the Rome Statute, which includes Italy, “to cooperate afloat with the Court successful its investigations and prosecutions of crimes”.

Established successful 2002, the ICC is liable for prosecuting individuals wanted for superior crimes, including warfare crimes and crimes against humanity.

The tribunal relies connected practice from its subordinate states to enforce its decisions.

Unlike the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is besides located successful the Netherlands, the ICC is not portion of the UN. INTERACTIVE - ICJ vs ICC-1704875400