Photo Gallery Wanted Man in Tripoli
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is a wanted man. On Monday, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued a warrant for his arrest. Here, the ICC's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrives at a news conference about the arrest warrant on Tuesday.
Libyans in the city of Benghazi celebrated on Monday after hearing the news of the ICC arrest warrant for Gadhafi.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo at a meeting about Libya in The Hague on Monday. The Libyan leader is accused of crimes against humanity for killing civilians who rebelled against his rule. The ICC also issued warrants against Gadhafi's son and anointed successor, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, and Abdullah al-Sanoussi, the head of Libyan intelligence.
Gadhafi is seen in footage from June 12. In a statement, the court's presiding judge, Botswana's Sanji Monageng, said that "a state policy was designed at the highest level of the Libyan state machinery aimed at deterring and quelling (civilian demonstrations) by any means."
The court accuses the three men of organizing the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first two weeks of the anti-Gadhafi uprising, from Feb. 15 onward. Here, rebel fighters near Misrata fire a rocket on June 20.
Gadhafi is under pressure from daily NATO airstrikes, but concerns are growing that the dictator cannot be ousted using military power alone.
For the moment at least, the ICC warrant is likely to remain largely symbolic. The court does not possess police powers and is reliant on international support to enforce a warrant. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir -- the only other sitting head of state to be indicted by the court -- is still at large despite two ICC arrest warrants issued against him. Here, al-Bashir arrives in Beijing on Tuesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
