A circular issued by the Tripoli Civil Society Commission in application of executive order 286

Cases
Case status
Unknown
Location of case in SG report
2021-068-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2021
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 26.3351

Longitude: 17.228331

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Libya
From Region
Type of record
General situation addressed
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

Communicating with the UN

Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
  • Participation in meeting on UN premises
  • Submission of information to UN
  • UN raised case of person/organization
Dates of mentioned reprisals
October 2020
Reprisal information

It has subsequently been reported that, in October 2020, the Tripoli Civil Society Commission issued a circular, in application of executive order 286, requiring all civil society organizations registered in the last five years to register again or be considered illegitimate organizations and dissolved by the Commission. In the new registration process, organizations are requested to sign a pledge that they will not enter into communication with any embassy or international entity without prior authorization from executive authorities, which was reinforced in December 2020

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Administrative reprisal
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
Yes
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No