Al-Werfalli

Title
Al-Werfalli
About Defendant

Nationality: Libyan Date of birth: 1978 Function: Commander in the Al-Saiqa Brigade

Case
  • Pre-trial

The warrant of arrest for Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi was issued on 27 June 2011. He is not in the Court's custody. Case also involved charges Muammar Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi in warrant issued on 27 June 2011. Case against Abdullah Al-Senussi was declared inadmissible on 11 October 2013. Case against Muammar Gaddafi was terminated on 22 November 2011, following his death.

Next steps: The case remains in the Pre-Trial stage, pending Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi's transfer to the seat of the Court in The Hague.

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda renews call for the immediate arrest and surrender of ICC suspect, Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli

: 13 September 2017 |

On 15 August 2017, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or the "Court") issued an arrest warrant for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli. The Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr al-Werfalli committed murder as a war crime for allegedly directly participating in seven incidents in which 33 individuals were killed.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor | Contact: [email protected]