International Criminal Court (ICC) judges have rejected Libya's request to annul the international arrest warrant for the son of the late Moammar Gaddafi and let the country's new government try him in Tripoli.
The ICC ruled that the Libyan government is not yet capable of holding a fair trial for Seif al-Islam Gaddafi by itself, and judges said the country's new leaders are obliged under international law to hand him over to the court in The Hague.
Whether the government in Tripoli will be willing – or able – to transfer Gaddafi to The Hague are both open questions. Gadhafi was captured by a militia group as he was trying to flee to neighbouring Niger in the aftermath of Libya's 2011 civil war.
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