Libya’s rivals are continuing their meetings in Morocco under United Nations sponsorship led by Bernardino Leon, UN special envoy to Libya, whose mandate is about to expire at the end of March.
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Libyan parliament in Tobrouk welcomes UN suggestions
Mohammed Chouaib, the head of a Libyan delegation from the UN-recognised government in the eastern city of Tobruk on Tuesday welcomed UN proposals to solve the current split in his country, but he said they will require a lot of hard work to enact, the Anadolu news agency reported.
Read More »13 Human rights groups say UNHRC not getting job done; call for “independent mechanism of inquiry”
In a joint call for action, 13 national, regional and international human rights organisations including five from Libya, have called on the UN to support the creation of an independent body which would investigate human rights crimes in Libya by all sides since 2012. They say it is the only way to ensure “accountability, …
Read More »Libyan human rights defenders under attack – UN report
A UN human rights report released on Wednesday reveals a catalogue of violent attacks and threats against Libyan rights defenders, across Libya – and in some cases even after they are forced to leave the country.
Read More »Libyan Municipalities, Local Councils Reps Meet in Brussels Within Political Dialogue Framework
The meeting, part of ongoing discussions taking place within the framework of the Libyan dialogue process, was opened by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini, and by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino …
Read More »HoR Audit Bureau freezes Interior Ministry bank accounts
The Audit Bureau, based in the eastern city of Al-Beida and recognized by the House of Representatives (HoR), has frozen all the bank accounts of Prime Minister Thinni’s Interior Ministry until further notice.
Read More »UNSMIL Presents to Parties Ideas to End Political Crisis, Military Conflict, Hopes to Expedite Talks
After weeks of discussions with all the parties and in light of the deteriorating military situation that threatens with further escalation as progress is made in the political dialogue, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon visited both Tobruk and Tripoli where he presented some ideas to expedite …
Read More »Women face setbacks in new Libya
On June 25, right after she cast her vote for the new Council of Representatives, Salwa Bugaighis was murdered at her home in Benghazi in eastern Libya. She was Libya’s most prominent female lawyer, a member of the former National Transitional Council (NTC) that led the rebel movement in 2011 and well-known civil activist. In February, …
Read More »Leon wants key national role for municipalities
UNSMIL boss has said that a Libyan municipalities’ council should play a key political role in the new Libya.
Read More »Leon: Talks on Libya making progress
The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Libya Bernadino Leon Monday expressed his optimism that talks on the formation of a unity government in Libya could start soon if current talks in Morocco made progress.
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