Jun 21 Sami Zaptia

Berlin Process Must Recognise Human Rights and Accountability as Path to Sustainable Peace: LFJL

By Sami Zaptia. London, 21 June 2021:  Ahead of the Second Berlin Conference on Libya on the 23rd of June, human rights NGO Lawyers for Justice in...

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Seven things to do by December 24: A human rights roadmap to Libya’s elections
Jun 8 Sami Zaptia

Seven things to do by December 24: A human rights roadmap to Libya’s elections

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 June 2021:With Libyan national elections, scheduled for 24 December 2021, approaching fast, NGO Lawyers for Justice in Libya...

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Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

Urgent Action Needed to Address Shocking Levels of Online Violence Against Libyan Women: LJFL

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 March 2021:In a new report released Wednesday, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) call on the Libyan authorities to act imm...

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Feb 17 Sami Zaptia

Ten years on from Libya’s uprising, Lawyers for Justice in Libya launches fund to protect human rights defenders

By Lawyers for Justice in Libya.London, 17 February 2021: ‘‘17 February 2021 marks a key anniversary for Libya: ten years since the uprising which led...

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Feb 2 Sami Zaptia

LPDF must prioritise human rights, justice and accountability: Lawyers for Justice in Libya

By Sami Zaptia.LFJL has called on the 74-member LPDF  gathered in Geneva 1-5 February to use criteria of human rights, justice and accountability key...

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Nov 11 Nigel Ash

Libyan lawyers welcome ICC prosecutor Bensouda's promise to finally focus on Libya

By Libya Herald reporters. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (File photo)Tunis, 11 November 2017:The commitment International Criminal Court (ICC) chief p...

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Nov 4 Nigel Ash

Lawyers call for independent investigators for Libyan war crimes

By Libya Herald reporters. A man resembling Mahmoud Warfali just before he murdered three men this March (Screen grab)Tunis, 4 November 2017:War crime...

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Oct 31 Nigel Ash

Libya incapable of investigating its war criminals say leading lawyers

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 31 October 2017:Libyan leading civil and human rights lawyers have concluded that Libya cannot pursue its own war cri...

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Benghazi protestors condemn ICC over Warfali
Aug 25 Michel Cousins

Benghazi protestors condemn ICC over Warfali

By Gabriel Harrison.Tunis, 25 August 2017:Supporters of controversial Libya National Army (LNA) officer Mahmoud Al-Warfali took to the streets of Beng...

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ICC plans new Libyan arrest warrants
Nov 11 Michel Cousins

ICC plans new Libyan arrest warrants

By Libya Herald Reporter.Tunis, 11 November 2016:Five years after it last issued indictments, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fato...

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