• Why have we forgotten about Libya?
    Mar 25, 2013
    Commentary
    All civilians deserve protection, but some civilians deserve more protection than others. Or so it seems in Libya today.
  • Libya: Stop Revenge Crimes Against Displaced Persons
    Mar 20, 2013
    Press release
    The Libyan government should take urgent steps to stop serious and ongoing human rights violations against inhabitants of the town of Tawergha, who are widely viewed as having supported Muammar Gaddafi. The forced displacement of roughly 40,000 people, arbitrary detentions, torture, and killings are widespread, systematic, and sufficiently organized to be crimes against humanity and should be condemned by the United Nations Security Council.
  • UN Security Council: Press Libya on ICC Cooperation, Impunity
    Nov 6, 2012
    Press release

    Members of the United Nations Security Council should send a strong message to Libya to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Council should also press the recently appointed Libyan authorities on accountability for serious and ongoing crimes.The new ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, will brief the Security Council on her Libya investigation on November 7, 2012.

     

  • Libya: New Proof of Mass Killings at Gaddafi Death Site
    Oct 17, 2012
    Press release

    New evidence collected by Human Rights Watch implicates Misrata-based militias in the apparent execution of dozens of detainees following the capture and death of Muammar Gaddafi one year ago.

  • Libya Slogs Toward Democracy
    Jul 24, 2012
    Commentary
    No doubt Libya’s transition will have dramatic twists and turns. Regionalism, poverty and well-armed militias pose serious threats. But this month Libyans took an important step to transform their country from the domain of one man to the home of many.
  • Libya: ICC Staff Detentions Raise Justice Concerns
    Jul 3, 2012
    Press release
    The release by Libyan authorities of four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members on July 2, 2012, was a positive move, but their detention appears to have been unlawful from the start. The court officials, who had been held in the town of Zintan since June 7, flew out of Libya on a plane provided by the Italian government.
  • Libya: Letter to the ICC Prosecutor on Libyan Amnesty Laws
    May 25, 2012
    Letter

    We are writing in regard to your investigation of grave abuses committed in Libya to draw your attention to a matter of deep concern having to do with impunity for crimes there. We believe there are serious consequences for your mandate as authorized by United Nations Security Council resolution 1970.

  • UN Security Council: Press Libya on Impunity
    May 16, 2012
    Press release
    Members of the United Nations Security Council should condemn attempts by the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to prevent accountability for serious and ongoing crimes committed in Libya. The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will brief the Security Council on his Libya investigation on May 16, 2012.
  • Libya: Amend New Special Procedures Law
    May 11, 2012
    Press release
    Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) should immediately amend a new law that protects from prosecution people who committed crimes if their actions were aimed at “promoting or protecting the revolution” against Muammar Gaddafi. The law also allows authorities to detain people for up to two months if they are considered “threats to security.”
  • Misrata Local Council Response to Human Rights Watch
    Apr 11, 2012
    Letter

    The Misrata Local Council received with great interest the letter from Human Rights Watch to the city’s local council and military council. The letter explicitly accused the revolutionaries of Misrata of perpetrating several violations and crimes that may amount to crimes against humanity. The letter concluded by threatening to hold officials on the city’s local council and military council responsible for these abuses and the failure to stop and prevent them.