Libya seeks home trial for Gaddafi's son

The International Criminal Court said today the government of Libya has challenged the court’s right to try Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, for war crimes.

The Hague is authorised by the United Nations to try war crimes committed during Libya’s civil war.

It has issued an arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam on charges of murdering and persecuting civilians in the early days of the uprising that toppled his father’s regime last year.

The court said it has received a formal submission from Libya’s new regime arguing that Saif al-Islam should be tried on Libyan soil.