VOL. XL

No. 43

27-October-1997

LIBYA

ICJ Begins Deliberations On Lockerbie Case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began deliberations on 22 October on whetherit has jurisdiction to hear Libya's request for a ruling that Tripoli has the right to trythe two Libyans alleged to be responsible for the Lockerbie bombing in its own courts.Libya insists that the two men would not receive a fair trial in either the US or the UKand has offered as a compromise to have the two men tried in a neutral...