Libya and the ICC: In the Pursuit of Justice?
The North Africa Journal | By Leila Hanafi | The ongoing post-conflict reconstruction process in Libya is reigniting a crucial debate among transitional justice advocates as to the role the International Criminal Court (ICC) can play in delivering justice and redress to victims of grave crimes. In the midst of the February 2011 revolution, the ICC opened an investigation into crimes allegedly committed in Libya, based on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1970. The Court has to date issued three arrest warrants for Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, Abdullah Al-Senussi and Muammar Gaddafi. The warrant against Muammar Gaddafi was withdrawn following his death, while Al-Islam Gaddafi is currently detained in Libya and Al-Senussi in Mauritania. Neither has been turned over to the ICC. The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) has asserted that it wishes to try these men in Libya, while France has declared its intention to purse Al-Senussi’s extradition for earlier alleged crimes. However, the ICC, along with many human rights groups nationally and internationally, question Libya’s capacity to conduct fair trials against these high profile individuals.
Legislative Elections: Algeria Takes Three Steps Backward
The North Africa Journal | The expression “the People Have Chosen” does not apply to Algeria’s legislative elections held last week. And judging by the winners, it’s going to be business as usual for the incoming rubber-stamping assembly....
France’s New President: Foreign Policy and Where North Africa Stands
The North Africa Journal | President-elect François Hollande of France has his work cut out on the foreign policy front. His predecessor is leaving office with a sense of missed achievements and a series of policies blunders that need urgent fixing. In a five-year period, Sarkozy failed to leverage appropriately and responsibly his country’s global leadership position as a major economic and military power. That started with his failure to impose a more assertive France on the burning issues of the Euro-zone and the serious topic of the future of Europe....
Analysis- The Rise of North Africans in French Politics
- Debt Crisis in the Moroccan Subsidy System: Undesirable Gift for Islamist PM
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Algeria vs. Morocco: And the Tit-for-Tat Goes On
- Libya: Not out of the Woods Yet
- North Africa: A Fast Evolving Landscape
- Algeria: The Difficult Birth of a Moderate Islamist Political Coalition
- Algerians and Moroccans Use Cyber Attacks to Settle their Political Feuds
- Morocco Spends More on Subsidies to Ease Public Opinion on the Political Front
- Mutiny in Mali
- Tunisia’s Islamists: Will the Honeymoon Period End in the Next Elections?
- Libya Year One: The Impassable Road to Stability
- SNC-Lavalin: Collateral Damage of Dealing with Dictatorships
- The Future of Libya: Forget About a Central Government, Only Autonomous but Unified States Would Work
- Chaos in Northern Nigeria
- Algeria to Nationalize Orascom Algeria’s Mobile Phone Unit
- French-Algerian Relations: The Weight of History
- With an Islamist Electoral Victory, Morocco Forced to Adopt Political Cohabitation
- Saleh Transfers Power to Yemeni VP
- Constituent Assembly Makes its Debut in Tunisia
- Libya Has new Government Cabinet
Irrational Behavior
I certainly don’t want to minimize the difficulty facing the Algerians and Egyptians as they dance around the crisis that came out of a football match this week. But I predict that it will soon be water under the bridge. ...- The Tunisian Illusion
- BCP Absorbs BP Casa, Sets Stage for New Growth
- Africa Wants to Attract Islamic Banking Investors
- Focus on the Regions: Bouira, Algeria Learning to Live without Terrorism
- Telco Sector Expands in Morocco
- Al-Qaeda’s Execution of a French Hostage to Escalate Crisis in the Sahel
- Colin Watson a Painter who Captures ”the Otherness” of Morocco
- Government Reshuffle in Algeria: Changes in Continuity
- Why Desertec Could Succeed
- Fahem Boukadous Interviewed by Reporters Without Borders
- Uncompetitive Moroccan Travel Industry (20)
- Advice For Algeria: Go Back to the Drawing Board (7)
- Algeria’s Gas Exploration Program Challenged by Tough Economic Reality (5)
- National Identity : Who is really French? [video] (5)
- Libya: No Easy Options Even after Muamar Ghaddafi is Gone (5)
- With Ben Ali on the Run and Gaddafi Fighting for his Life is a Unified Maghreb a Fading Dream? (5)
- Marrakech Terror Attack Risks to Derail Political Progress in Morocco and Could Slow Rapprochement with Algeria (4)
- How Saudi Arabia Inhibits Democracy and Progress in the Arab World (4)
- BCP Bank and OCP Increase Capital, Swap Shares (3)
- Is Libya Ready for the Private Sector? (3)
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