The international criminal court is serious. And after the opening of the file on Italy for the case Almasrirepatriated to Libya despite the arrest warrant hanging over him, now the CPI He launches the formal investigation and asks the government explanations by assuming that the methods of action of the Belpaese was “non -compliant” and “defaulting” with respect to the obligations of a country that signed the Statute of Rome.
The preliminary chamber, that is, the judicial order of the CPI, has in fact sent a note to Rome that formally starts the assessment procedures and in fact committed Italy to respond with a defensive note. Or rather “observations” On the non -delivery of Almasri.
What happens now? In the event that the “observations” of the government should not appear convincing, or if the hypotheses of “non -cooperation” is founded, the Court could evaluate whether the issue “must be referred to the UN Security Council” or ” to the assembly of states “.
According to the CPI, the arrest and the subsequent release of Almasri for slightly legal and a little political issues, as the minister explained Carlo Nordio In Parliament, “they justify the way to formal assessment” for “non -compliance” to the request of the Court. Not to convince the judges of the Hague is both Almasri’s release after the arrest carried out by Digos, which took place without however involving the Minister of Justice as requested, with the relative repatriation to Tripoli on a secret service plane; both the explanations provided later. “On January 21, 2025, Mr. Njeem was released and reported in Libya – reads the note to Italy and revealed by Republic – Italy has not tried to start consultations with the Court pursuant to article 97 of the statute in the period between the issue of the arrest warrant and its return to Libya “. In a note on January 27, however, the Ministry of Justice would have written that the issues of Almasri’s repatriation “do not fall within the competence” of the Guardasigilli but “the Ministry of the Interior”. Not even the second letter sent by Nordio on 10 February satisfied the CPI which, before starting any procedure “of non -cooperation”, will listen to the Italian version.
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