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Libya: A Family of So-Called "Revolutionaries" Massacred by General Haftar's Forces

LBY - News | 25 August 2015

On 14 August 2015, Alkarama referred the case of the Al Souid family, executed by General Khalifa Haftar's forces in the city of Benghazi on 15 October 2014, to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (SR SUMX) and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Libya: Deputy Prosecutor Abdelnaser Elgoroshi Disappeared for More than 8 Months

LBY - News | 05 August 2015

On 6 July 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of Mr Abdelnaser Elgoroshi, a Libyan citizen abducted on 20 October 2014 in front of the Arab Medical University in the Belaon neighbourhood of Benghazi. Elgoroshi was working as a deputy prosecutor in South Benghazi Court and living in Arwisat neighbourhood in the same city.

Libya: Tobruk Government Militia Executes 39 Civilians in One Day – Alkarama Calls on International Commission of Inquiry on Libya to Investigate Kikla Massacre

LBY - News | 24 July 2015

On 22 July 2015, Alkarama referred the cases of 39 Libyan citizens, executed by the Zintan forces in the city of Kikla on 11 October 2014, to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (SR SUMX) and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Recalling that an International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was established in February 2011 to investigate all human rights violations in Libya, Alkarama called upon the CoI to urgently investigate the Kikla massacre in accordance with its mandate.

Libya: Pro-Government Militia Subjects Citizens to Severe Torture

LBY - News | 02 July 2015

On 15 June 2015, Alkarama sent a communication the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture (SRT) concerning the cases of 10 Libyan citizens all subjected to torture at the end of 2014. These cases are illustrative of the increasing use of torture by militias – in the present case, the Zintan brigade, a government-funded militia drawn from the garrison town of Zintan in northwest Libya, acting as the regular force of the internationally recognised government of Tobruk – who wish to intimidate, eliminate and punish all discordant voices.

Libya: Retired Judge and Tripoli Parliamentarian's Health Deteriorating After Over 10-Month Torture and Denial of Medical Care

LBY - News | 17 June 2015

On 11 June 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and other Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (HRC) concerning the case of Suliman Awad Zubi, a retired Libyan judge and member of the General National Congress (GNC) – Libya's elected legislative body recently not recognised by the international community – subjected to torture and ill-treatment in his solitary cell since his abduction in July 2014.

Libya - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 15.05.1970
Optional Protocol: Yes

State report: Overdue since 30.10.2010 (5th)
Last concluding observations: 15.11.2007

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 16.05.1989
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 14 June 2014 (initially due in 2002)
Last concluding observations: 01.01.1999

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2015 (2nd cycle)
Next review: May 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights − Status B

Last review: 10.2014