The justice ministry has informally
asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to start
consultations for a common reflection on the problematic issues
that concerned the case of Libyan judicial police chief Osama
Almasri who was released and flown back to Libya by Italian
authorities two days after his January 19 arrest in Turin on an
ICC warrant, well-informed sources said on Tuesday.
The aim is to prevent similar situations in the future and reach
a sort of "agreement" to improve cooperation, the sources
explained.
A document has been delivered to the Hague-based court regarding
some clarifications and hypotheses to make future communications
with the international judges easier in the future, according to
the same sources.
At the moment, Italy has received no information about a
potential probe by the ICC into the Almasri case, they added.
On Monday, ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah said the case of
Italy's alleged failure to execute the ICC warrant on charges of
war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in a Tripoli
migrant detention centre was before the court's preliminary
chamber but no Italian official is up before the court itself as
yet.
Almasri, wanted for allegedly torturing, raping and murdering
migrants as young as five, was arrested by Italian security
police after attending a Juventus soccer match in Turin on
January 19 only to be released and flown back to Libya to a
hero's welcome two days later.
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has blamed errors in the ICC
warrant while Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi has said Rome
was forced to expel the general as a danger to Italy.
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