Libya: UN Reports Widespread Human Rights Abuses in Libya, Where 'Complete Impunity Prevails'

25 February 2016

A United Nations report published today has documented widespread human rights violations and abuses committed in Libya since the beginning of 2014, recommending urgent measures to address "the complete impunity that prevails" and to strengthen and reform the justice sector.

"Despite the human rights situation in Libya, the country only sporadically makes the headlines. A multitude of actors - both State and non-State - are accused of very serious violations and abuses that may, in many cases, amount to war crimes," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a press release.

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