Libyan regime's crimes against humanity

From JPOST.COM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS, 26 Feb 2011: 

...A UN Security Council draft resolution circulated council members on Friday says attacks against Libyan civilians may be "crimes against humanity."

The draft resolution, penned by France and Britain said that crimes committed in Libya may warrant prosecution by the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The draft also called for an arms embargo against Tripoli, for 23 of its top leaders to have their assets frozen and for travel bans placed against them. ...an annex to it listed Gaddafi, his children, inner circle and top security and military officials.

...[UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon] said he plans to travel to Washington on Monday to discuss the Libyan crisis with US President Barack Obama.

...The unanimous decision at the end of a daylong emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council was dramatically preceded by the public defection of all Libyan diplomats in Geneva to the opposition — swelling the rebellion of Libyan officials around the globe. Within hours Friday, senior Libyan diplomats in Portugal, France, Sweden and at the UN's cultural and education organization UNESCO announced their rejection of Gaddafi's regime.

..."The crackdown in Libya of peaceful demonstrations is escalating alarmingly with reported mass killings, arbitrary arrests, detention and torture of protesters," UN rights chief Navi Pillay told the 47-nation council. "Tanks, helicopters and military aircraft have reportedly been used indiscriminately to attack the protesters. According to some sources, thousands may have been killed or injured."

...In an unprecedented move against one of its own members, they also called for Libya's ouster from the council. That decision has to be approved by a two-thirds majority in the 192-nation UN General Assembly, which is expected to meet on the matter next week...