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LFJL, REDRESS, OMCT, and Dignity Comment on GNC Draft Torture Law

Uploaded: 16 April 2013

LFJL, REDRESS, DIGNITY, and OMCT submitted their preliminary comments, regarding an earlier draft version of this law, to the GNC on 26 March 2013. They raised particular concerns with regard to the torture aspects of this legislation, noting that whilst the intention of the draft law to meet Libya’s international obligations in relation to these three human rights issues in national legislation was encouraging, to do so in the same piece of legislation risked the oversimplification and avoidance of important specific obligations for each of the human rights issues. Despite these concerns being submitted several weeks ago, they remain unaddressed in the adopted legislation.

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Extractive Industry and Conflict Risk in Libya

Uploaded: 29 October 2012

This paper was prepared under the framework of the Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN) as background for the CSDN Meeting entitled Private Sector and Conflict, held in Brussels on 29 October 2012.

This paper focuses on the extractive sector in Libya and its potential link with instability and conflict. The discussion is set out in three parts: Part 1 looks at the main characteristics of the Libyan economy and legal and political system to shed light on the functioning of the Libyan extractive sector and identify some of the issues that may be a source of concern as regards stability and conflict in Libya; Part 2 outlines some of the conflict-related risks in relation to the extractive industry; and Part 3 sets out some key recommendations from Libyan civil society to the EU as a real partner Libya␣␣ development.

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