VOL. XLI

No. 10

9-March-1998

LIBYA

ICJ Rules That It Has Jurisdiction In Lockerbie Case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ruled on 27 February that it hasthe right to settle the deadlock between Libya, the US and the UK concerning where thetrial should be held of two Libyans accused of placing a bomb on board Pan Am flight 103,which blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. The court ruled thirteen to two(the US and UK judges) that it had the jurisdiction to decide...