"The prosecutor proposed as a third possibility that the ICC might, subject to judges` approval, conduct the trial against Seif al-Islam in Libya," Luis Moreno-Ocampo said in a document before the Hague-based court.
He also proposed two other options, namely Libya asking the ICC to decide whether a Libyan court could prosecute Seif, or Libyan courts trying Seif for other crimes, for which he is wanted in Libya, with the ICC prosecuting him on a separate charge of crimes against humanity.
The ICC`s mandate says it can only prosecute those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes if a state`s national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate and prosecute them.
Moreno-Ocampo`s report to ICC judges follows a visit to Tripoli this week to meet Libyan authorities for talks on jurisdiction in the case.
Moamer Kadhafi`s one-time heir apparent, Seif, 39, was nabbed almost a week ago in Libya`s southern Saharan region after three months on the run.
He and Kadhafi`s former spymaster, Abdullah al-Senussi, 62, are wanted on ICC arrest warrants issued on June 27 for crimes against humanity when trying to put down the north African country`s bloody revolt, sparked in February. (*)
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