The two - day trial is scheduled to run through Friday . Libya and the ICC have been going back and forth since his capture about where Saif al-Islam Gadhafi , once his father 's heir apparent , will be tried . Libyan authorities want to keep the son of late strongman Colonel Gadhafi in Libya . Libya and the ICC have been arguing over his status since his arrest last year .
The two - day trial is scheduled to run through Friday . Libyan authorities want to keep the son of late strongman Colonel Gadhafi in Libya . Libya and the ICC have been arguing over his status since his arrest last year .