Libya, June 28 (ANI): The decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to charge Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi with crimes against humanity has made many Human rights groups happy, but some experts fear that the move could rather lead him to stay in power in Tripoli longer than expected.
The International Criminal Court approved arrest warrants for Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of ordering and organizing the arrest, imprisonment, and killing of hundreds of civilians in the initial days of the uprising against the Qaddafi regime.
Some experts believe that the international court's action might result in an even more drawn-out Libyan conflict, and may also serve to reinforce Gaddafi's determination to to stay in his country because he understands that giving up now could lead to his arrest, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
"If you were Gaddafi, would this indictment make you more inclined to leave the country or negotiate a peaceful solution, or less inclined? This is likely to make him more resolved to stick it out," Steven Groves, an expert in human rights and international institutions at the Heritage Foundation in Washington said.
However, Human Rights groups rejected the assumption that the ICC's actions might actually prolong the Libyan conflict.
"Muammar Gaddafi already made it clear he intended to stay until the bitter end before the ICC process was set in motion, and his son's February vow to 'live and die in Libya' speaks for itself. It beggars belief that a dictator who has gripped power for over 40 years would be frozen in place by this arrest warrant," Richard Dicker, Human Rights Watch's international justice director, said in a statement. (ANI)
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