Luis Moreno Ocampo

By Alan Fisher in Europe on March 2nd, 2011
Photo: EPA

The International Criminal Court sits in a non-descript suburb in what is a largely non-descript capital.  From his spacious office in the Hague, the Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo is the man tasked with investigating tyrants and regimes.

Neat and fastidious, he is unfailing polite even if he does carry the air of a man who would be rather doing something else when we sit for an interview.

We will meet again later today. 
 
The Argentinean will announce "the opening of an investigation in Libya", the latest step in the growing international pressure against Colonel Gaddafi and his cohorts in Tripoli.

Mr Ocampo, at a news conference, will name names, people to be targetted in a full scale inquiry into possible crimes against humanity.  It is almost impossible to think the Colonel will not be top of the list.

As well as presenting "preliminary information as to the entities and persons who could be prosecuted", the prosec

By Andrew Simmons in Africa on November 7th, 2009
Photo by Reuters

The International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo announced before leaving Kenya on Saturday that he had a “strong case” against key suspects in the violence that followed the 2007 Presidential elections.

He emphasised the importance of avoiding any more unnecessary delays and said he hoped to present two to three cases before judges at The Hague, possibly by July next year.

He agreed to an exclusive interview. This is my transcript:

Q: What is your assurance to Kenyan people after your visit here?

"Now I will go to the judges, it’s a judicial process, you have to understand that. The judges will decide if I can open up an investigation then I will be back.

I will go to the community, I will see the victims, I will listen to them. I have to collect the evidence.