Apr 17 Newsdesk1

Human rights group warns: Mediation will fail if unity government formed without attention to accountability and justice

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 17 April 2015:In an open letter to the UN Human Rights council, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) has called on the Unite...

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Oct 29 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Libya's crossroads – where is Europe going?

By Gianluca Eramo, MENA Programme Coordinator of No Peace Without JusticeSince mid-May 2014, Libya has witnessed a turbulent period of political volat...

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Young people in Tobruk find out more about transitional justice
Dec 19 thomwestcott

Young people in Tobruk find out more about transitional justice

Tripoli, 19 December 2013:Fifty young people in Tobruk have been finding out more about concepts of transitional justice and its importance to the fut...

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Nov 3 Nigel Ash

Prosecutor says not a single rape reported since revolution

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 3 November 2013:Very few cases of rape are reported in Libya. The head of the East Tripoli Prosecution Office, Nuri Bak...

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Judicial reform boosted by training on trial monitoring
Oct 13 thomwestcott

Judicial reform boosted by training on trial monitoring

Tripoli, 13 October 2013:Libya’s recently-established Trial Monitoring Network has been given a boost with training to help it tackle the technical ch...

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Oct 12 thomwestcott

Senussi trial in Libya “new potential” for country’s justice system, says NGO

Tripoli, 12 October 2013:The ICC decision to authorise Libya to try Qaddafi’s former spy chief Abdullah Al-Senussi has been welcomed by International...

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Southern towns could set transitional justice example
Sep 18 thomwestcott

Southern towns could set transitional justice example

Tripoli, 19 September 2013:Locals in Sebha and Brak have welcomed a weekend of transitional justice workshops held by international NGO No Peace Witho...

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Lawyers learn the power of forensics
Mar 19 thomwestcott

Lawyers learn the power of forensics

By Tom Westcott. Luis Fondebrider, from the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, addressing a group of young people earlier in the week (Photo: Tom W...

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Libyan NGOs call for peaceful celebrations
Feb 11 thomwestcott

Libyan NGOs call for peaceful celebrations

Tripoli, 11 February 2013:Libyan NGOs have united to call for 17 February anniversary events, whether celebrations or demonstrations, to be peaceful.“...

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Apr 27 Michel Cousins

Moves for justice and accountability

Tripoli, 27 April:Libya’s justice process in relation to crimes committed by the old regime took a major step forward in Tripoli on 24 and 25 April. R...

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