Libyan authorities today released the four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members who were detained in the country for nearly a month following their visit to Saif Al-Islam Qadhafi, who has been indicted by the court in relation to attacks
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Deaths by Torture in Post-Revolution Libya
The United Nations mission for Libya expressed its concern to the country’s authorities over the recent deaths of three people in a detention centre in the north-western city of Misrata, saying it believes that the deaths were the result of…
Journalists Arrested In Libya
The Iranian English language Press TV reports that two of its journalists have been arrested in Western Libya. Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson are currently being detained in Tripoli; Human Rights Watch reports that “efforts are underway to secure their…
International Sanctions – Updates to U.S. Sanctions Laws in 2011
By: David Gallacher and Thaddeus McBride
In 2011, the world experienced historic events, particularly with regard to the Arab Spring and the violent repression that followed in nations like Libya and Syria. 2011 witnessed the expansion of a number of…
The Commission of Inquiry on Libya
The Commission of Inquiry on Libya is a three-member panel tasked by the United Nations with probing human rights violations committed during the Libyan conflict. The Commission was set up by the UN Human Rights Council in February to probe serious…
ICC Prosecutor Says ICC Will Decide Where Qaddhafi’s Son Will Stand Trial
The International Criminal Court will decide where Saif al-Islam Qadhafi, son of the former Libyan leader, will stand trial to face charges for crimes against humanity, the court’s Prosecutor said today as he arrived in Tripoli for talks with national…
Gaddafi’s Son to be Tried in Libya and not at ICC
The Libyan government has announced that it intends to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi’s son, for crimes against the Libyan people in the country of Libya rather than sending him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial. The…
Libya to rejoin Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly voted today to readmit Libya to the Human Rights Council. Libya’s membership was suspended on March 1 of this year due to Qadhafi’s violent suppression of the opposition movement. The UN welcomed the commitment of…
OFAC Eases Restrictions on Transactions in Libya
In September, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”), part of the United States Treasury Department, eased restrictions on trade with Libya through two revised general licenses that were published under the Libyan sanctions program. A general third license…
Family Law Changes in Libya?
By Family Law
From BlueRidgeNow:
TRIPOLI, Libya — It was just a passing reference to marriage in a leader’s soberly delivered speech, but all week it has unsettled women here as well as allies abroad.
In announcing the success of the Libyan revolution
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