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      Human rights lawyers suing the European Union over Libyan migrant drownings in the Mediterranean believe their legal case is \u201cextremely strong\u201d and the facts proving the blocs responsibility are \u201cestablished beyond any doubt.\u201d       \n<\/code><\/pre>\n
In a 243-page submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week, the group of lawyers asked for an investigation into the EU and the actions it took to deter migrants from Libya, which, they claim, violated their human rights.<\/p>\n
EU officials showed \u201ca clear consciousness and willingness\u201d<\/em> to let many migrants die, former ICC lawyer and co-author of the report Juan Branco told RT. From a legal standpoint, he said, the case is strong but, from a political standpoint, \u201cit depends on the office of the prosecutor and its willingness to investigate its main supporter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
The submission to the ICC in particular blames the EUs decision in 2014 to scale back its rescue operations as a major reason for the deaths, as well as actions taken by member states against sea rescue organizations.<\/p>\n
Branco said the lawyers had always made the most \u201cconservative evaluations\u201d<\/em> of the number of deaths in the Mediterranean, estimating that the numbers reached 14,000.<\/p>\n
Its not merely that the EU \u201cdidn't do everything they could,\u201d<\/em> its that they \u201cdid everything they could not to do what they should,\u201d<\/em> co-author Omar Shatz told RT.<\/p>\n
EU officials proudly declared the migrant crisis over earlier this year, after a near 90 percent drop in arrivals via the Mediterranean in 2018 \u2013 but that does not mean there was an equal drop in departures for Europe, Shatz said. In fact, many of those people are intercepted by the Libyan coastguard, which has been accused of colluding with smugglers, and are held in \u201cdetention camps and torture houses,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n
                           Also on rt.com             They triggered this crisis: Lawyers suing EU over deaths of Libyan migrants in Mediterranean                            <\/a><\/p>\n
The EU, Shatz said, \u201cprovided boats, provided training, provided finance, provided legal support, provided legitimacy and, today even, they patrol together [with the coastguard] in the Mediterranean.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
The legal submission focuses specifically on the migrant crisis and EU response to it, rather than on the events which sparked it and the EUs role in the US-led NATO bRead More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a>
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