GENEVA - Investigators probing violations committed during Libya’s conflict said Friday that they are giving the UN’s human rights chief a list of people who should face international or national justice. The commission of inquiry “has gathered information linking individuals to human rights violations or crimes,” lead investigator Philip Kirsch said. “It will hand over a confidential list containing that information to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.” Asked for details on the list, Kirsch told journalists: “The principle of a confidential envelope is that you don’t talk about what’s in it.”
Investigators had decided to keep the list confidential to “prevent risk of harm to those who are held in custody and to avoid jeopardising the fair trial rights of any persons who may be brought to trial in the future.”
In their 220-page report presented Monday to the UN Human Rights Council, the commission of inquiry appointed by the UN Human Rights Council accused both Moamer Kadhafi’s forces and anti-regime troops of serious crimes.