inform the Council of UN Security on its progress in the investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Libya
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Day 04/05/2011 - 3:29 a.m.
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Gaddafi, in one of his last televised appearances
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, will report to the Security Council today the UN on its progress in the investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Libya.
Ocampo in New York indicate what will be "the next steps in the research, including a possible application to the judges of an arrest warrant "against the prime suspects, according to a statement said today his office.
The Argentine prosecutor said in the memo that" the protection of civilians will only occur when they arrest the most responsible for major crimes. "
Gaddafi's sons, investigated
Last March, said that preliminary investigations identified as most responsible for crimes in Libya, as well as leader Muammar Gaddafi, to" some " their children, as well as the then foreign minister, Musa Kusa (subsequently fled the country), the head of Military Intelligence and Security, the chief of personal security of the dictator and the head of the External Security.
On 26 February the Security Council of the UN unanimously adopted a resolution which dealt with the case of Libya to the ICC so that it investigate possible war crimes committed since that month during the riots of insurgents in Morocco.
The prosecution recalled today that the investigation, which is acting with "absolute impartiality" in the first instance focus on alleged crimes against humanity, while those suspected of war crimes will be discussed in a second term.
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