A legal team representing victims of the May 2025 Tripoli violence plans to submit evidence and legal analysis to the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor in early 2027. The team said on October 26, 2026, that it is assessing whether some of the incidents under examination could constitute war crimes.

Key Takeaways

  • The planned dossier will ask the prosecutor to examine incidents including deaths and reported attacks on residential and judicial facilities.
  • The lawyers’ assessment is preliminary and does not establish criminal responsibility.

What the Tripoli violence investigation covers

Armed violence affected Libya’s capital from May 12 to 14, 2025. The legal team is examining events leading up to May 12 and incidents affecting its clients.

Those include the circumstances surrounding the deaths of members of the Stability Support Apparatus, including its head, Abdulghani Alkikli, during a meeting on May 12. The team is also examining allegations of mistreatment or desecration of deceased members’ bodies, reported attacks and looting in the Abu Salim district, and incidents involving prisons and Judicial Police facilities and officers.

The team said it has collected video and audio recordings, photographs, documents and witness testimony despite security and logistical challenges.

Legal assessment and planned submission

The lawyers are assessing whether the violence met the threshold for a non-international armed conflict. If that threshold is established, some alleged acts could potentially fall within the scope of war crimes under the ICC’s Rome Statute. The team stressed that its preliminary analysis is not a judicial finding.

The ICC may exercise jurisdiction over alleged Rome Statute crimes committed in Libya following the UN Security Council’s 2011 referral of the situation to the prosecutor. The legal team, led by Libyan lawyer Khaled Al-Zaidy, plans to request a review of its findings; any subsequent action would depend on the prosecutor’s independent assessment and applicable procedures.

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