U.N. council split on sending Libya to int’l court
U.N. Security Council diplomats clashed on Saturday over a proposal to refer the deadly crackdown against anti-government demonstrators in Libya to the International Criminal Court, council envoys said.
Diplomats said there was broad support on the 15-nation council for a draft resolution of sanctions to punish long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and others in the North African country’s ruling elite for attacks that have killed thousands of civilians.
But council members were divided over whether to refer the issue to the war crimes court. It was unclear whether the call for an immediate ICC referral would be cut to get unanimous agreement on the draft’s other punitive steps.