Libya
DCA teams have continued the clearance of the 500m boundary around the Police station in Dafniya, to the west of Misrata. In total 4 complete ERW and 7 partial mines / fusing systems were…
Libya
In Misrata, this week has seen the EOD Team busy with visits to Katiba (Individual Brigade) storage areas. With written permission from Katiba Commanders, and in consultation with the Military Council, three Katibas were visited and…
Libya
As a result of last week’s request from the Higher Security Council (HSC) of Sirte for International NGO’s to evacuate the town, a total of 8 clearance teams have been unable to work. Whilst communications are…
Libya
ICC-CPI-20120622-PR815 On Friday, 22 June 2012, Mr. Abdelaziz Al-Hassadi, Attorney General of Libya, heading a high level Libyan delegation, visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague (Netherlands) where he met with the ICC President, Judge…
Libya
Following clashes in the Nefusa Mountains and Al Kufra, the ICRC is providing much-needed aid. It is also continuing to remove explosive remnants of war and to conduct visits to detainees, while pressing ahead with efforts…
Libya
National Strategy Needed for Justice System (Tripoli, June 18, 2012) – The individual candidates and political entities competing in Libya’s July 7, 2012 national election should explain how they plan to end the ongoing problem of torture…
Libya
17 June 2012 – The top United Nations envoy in Libya has voiced his concern at renewed fighting in several localities that has led to a number of deaths, injuries and displacement, and called on the…
Libya
ICC-CPI-20120615-PR812 On Tuesday, 12 June 2012, an ICC delegation, together with the Ambassadors of Australia, Lebanon, Russia and Spain, had a brief meeting in Zintan, Libya, with the four ICC staff members detained since 7 June. The…
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from the editors As this issue goes to print, the so-called Arab Spring continues to reverberate locally, regionally and geopolitically. It started in early 2011 and spread across North Africa, with well-documented consequences far further afield in…
Libya
Supreme Court Decision on Law 37 Affirms Right to Free Speech (Tripoli, June 15, 2012) – The Libyan Supreme Court’s decision on June 14, 2012, that declared unconstitutional a law that criminalized a variety of political speech…
