Fact-Finding Mission on Libya
The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed deep concern over the country’s deteriorating human rights situation in its final report today, concluding there are grounds to believe a wide array of war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed by State security forces and armed militia groups.
The investigation, which outlines a broad effort by authorities to repress dissent by civil society, documented numerous cases of arbitrary detention, murder, rape, enslavement, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance, and said that nearly all survivors interviewed had refrained from lodging official complaints out of fear of reprisals, arrest, extortion and a lack of confidence in the justice system.
Migrants, in particular, have been targeted and there is overwhelming evidence that they have been systematically tortured. The report said there were reasonable grounds to believe that sexual slavery, a crime against humanity, was committed against migrants.
| Full title | Report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (A/HRC/52/83) (Advance Edited Version) [EN/AR] |
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| Author | UN Human Rights Council |
| Publisher | OCHA |
| Year | 2023 |
| Media type | Report / PDF |
| Link | https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/report-independent-fact-finding-mission-libya-ahrc5283-advance-edited-version-enar |
| Topics | Detention, Deportation & Pushbacks |
| Regions | North Africa |