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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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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Oct 29 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL chief says no mass killers have been brought to justice

By Libya Herald reporters.UNSMIL chief Ghassan Salamé (Photo: SciencesPo)Tunis, 29 October 2017:Despite the many mass killings over the last two years...

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Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Hafter orders detention of LNA members seen in video assault: report

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi,11 March 2017:A video posted on social media purportedly showing Libyan National Army (LNA) members forcing a man to...

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Sep 28 Michel Cousins

Kobler and UN Human Rights head call for human rights investigator for Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 28 September 2016:Both UN Special Envoy Martin Kobler and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein...

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Mar 27 Michel Cousins

UN plans investigation of human rights abuses in Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 27 March 2015:The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) intends to send a team to Libya to investigate human rights abuses sinc...

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Mar 25 Newsdesk1

13 Human rights groups say UNHRC not getting job done; call for “independent mechanism of inquiry”

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 25 March 2015:In a joint call for action, 13 national, regional and international human rights organisations including...

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LFJL calls for accountability for human rights violations among parties engaging in Geneva talks
Jan 28 Newsdesk1

LFJL calls for accountability for human rights violations among parties engaging in Geneva talks

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 28 January 2015:Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) has expressed concern at the lack of commitment to any accountabili...

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Dec 10 Newsdesk1

HRW: CIA torture agents must be prosecuted

By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 10 December 2014: Human Rights Watch has welcomed the release by the US Senate Intelligence Committee of its report...

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​How Libya can avoid the “Oil Curse” with smart constitutional design
Nov 27 Nigel Ash

​How Libya can avoid the “Oil Curse” with smart constitutional design

By Lorianne Updike Toler.London, 27 November 2014:Oil and the money its extraction generates are behind many of the issues facing Libya today. These i...

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