Moussa Ibrahim has told RT the court immediately dismissed a \u201cpowerful\u201d case he helped build against the US-led military bloc in 2013<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ignored allegations of \u201cvery well-documented\u201d NATO war crimes brought before it, former Libyan Information Minister Moussa Ibrahim has told RT.
\nIn an interview on Saturday, he argued that the US-led military bloc has never been held accountable for what he described as \u201cvery well-documented\u201d crimes committed during military interventions in several countries.
\n\u201cIn Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya, we have literally\u2026 millions of documents, videos, footage, statements, witnesses who testify to the crimes against humanity committed by NATO collectively and NATO countries individually,\u201d he said.
\nThe former minister said he had personally participated in a 2013 effort to bring allegations of NATO war crimes before the ICC over the bloc\u2019s 2011 intervention in Libya, which left the country devastated and deeply divided.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe presented a very powerful profile of thousands and thousands of pages. And it was not even allowed to be seen or heard or discussed. It was dismissed right away,\u201d Ibrahim said, adding that prominent European human rights lawyers had been involved in preparing the case.
\nThe failure to pursue such cases demonstrated the \u201climitation\u201d of the system, he said, urging the East, particularly China and Russia to \u201crethink the whole equation.\u201d
\nThe ICC needs to be \u201cradically, not superficially\u201d reformed or replaced with a new international judicial institution capable of upholding human rights without Western political interference, he stressed. A handful of powerful Western countries currently exploit the ICC for their own advantage while ensuring \u201cthat they are immune against any cases brought forward against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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The remarks come just days after Washington imposed sweeping new sanctions on the court after accusing it of overstepping its jurisdiction in pursuing alleged crimes involving American and Israeli nationals. The move followed the ICC\u2019s 2024 issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
\nMeanwhile, the ICC\u2019s investigation into allegations of war crimes committed by American forces during the US-led war in Afghanistan never resulted in criminal charges against US personnel.
\nWatch the RT segment below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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