Detained Aussie lawyer Melinda Taylor will be home soon as the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed on Monday that its detained legal team in Zintan will be freed later tonight.

According to ABC, ICC spokesman Fadi el-Abdallah said on early Monday that Ms Taylor would be fetched by the court's chief in Zintan and then accompany her to Tripoli, where she will board a plane bound for The Hague.

A report by the Australian Associated Press (AAP) indicated too that Ms Taylor would make a stopover in Rome, Italy before proceeding to her final destination, where her husband and daughter, Geoff and Yasmina, are waiting.

It was unclear, however, what is the exact purpose of the Rome stop.

Mr Abdallah said that ongoing discussions between ICC officials and Libyan authorities largely contributed to the early release of Ms Taylor, who was detained three weeks ago on accusations that she facilitated the exchange of secret messages between Seif al-Islam Kaddafi and a fugitive aide.

A week after her arrests, reports came out, with Foreign Minister Bob Carr confirming, that Ms Taylor and her ICC colleagues could be held for at least 45 more days, the time that Libyan officials said is required to finish its investigation on the incident.

But the misunderstandings, according to Mr Abdallah, have been settled at this time.

"We understood that they have conducted three investigations and gathered some factual elements that under Libyan laws might be some serious issues," the ICC official told ABC.

Mr Carr greeted the news with glee, calling the latest development on the diplomatic crisis as "very good news, a great relief."

He told Sky News though that "I'll breathe easy when it's fulfilled and she's winging her way on the promised Italian military jet to her home in The Hague."

The foreign minister also noted that cooperation extended by Libyan Prime Minister Aburrahim el-Keib and Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Mohammed Abdel Aziz greatly accelerated the release of Ms Taylor.

Also, mr Carr said that the imprisoned Aussie should be free from further investigation following her impending released.

The most likely scenario after the Zintan incident, he offered, is "the ICC will be examining its own modus operandi in view of what has happened in Libya."

Mr Abdallah hinted that an ensuing internal probe by ICC could be forthcoming for the court to fully understand the 'misunderstandings' that occurred between the ICC team and the Libyan authorities.

"The court can conduct its own investigation as soon as the four ICC staff members are returned back ... and then we can determine if there was any kind of wrongdoing or misconduct there," the ICC spokesman said.

"We prefer to wait until the staff members are back to understand from them all what has happened," he pointed out.

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