Mustafa Abdul Jalil has been the chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council since February 2011. Previously Gaddafi's Minister of Justice, he defected to the rebels' side a week into the civil war when Gaddafi sent him to negotiate with the opposition. Previously lauded by NGOs as an official who criticized the government's human rights violations, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi selected him as justice minister to cast the regime in a more reform-minded light.
After resigning from the Gaddafi government, he began to establish a polity for the areas of Libya free from Gaddafi. The resultant National Transitional Council has sought diplomatic legitimacy instead of the Gaddafi regime; an NTC emissary now represents Libya at the UN. He says that if NTC forces capture Muammar Gaddafi or a member of his government, they would stand trial in Libya before being remanded to the ICC.
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