Take Gaddafi Alive and Try Him at The Hague

Libya’s dictator should be taken to The Hague to account for the full measure of his crimes. By Geoffrey Robertson.

Published Aug. 23 2011 3:52PM EDT

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The fall of a tyrant—or of a tyrant’s son and heir—is usually the cause of popular rejoicing followed by public vengeance. They are hanged from lampposts (the fate of Mussolini and his mistress) or rushed to kangaroo courts for predetermined death sentences (see President and Mrs.

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Take Gaddafi Alive and Try Him at The Hague

Libya’s dictator should be taken to The Hague to account for the full measure of his crimes. By Geoffrey Robertson.

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