The Libyan NTC Law No.38 2012: a disguised amnesty

The armed conflict of Libya occurred in 2011 and the authoritarian government of Ghaddafi felt down. During the conflict serious violations of human rights and humanitarian rights law (IHL) occurred and both sides committed serious crimes included of willfull killings, rape, looting, torture and a...

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Main Authors: Hamed Hashemi Sougheh, Rohaida Nordin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13936/1/36956-116563-1-PB.pdf
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description The armed conflict of Libya occurred in 2011 and the authoritarian government of Ghaddafi felt down. During the conflict serious violations of human rights and humanitarian rights law (IHL) occurred and both sides committed serious crimes included of willfull killings, rape, looting, torture and aarbitrary arrests. After the fall of Ghoddafi, a transitional government came to power in Libya that was known as the National Transitional Government of Libya (NTC). The Libyan NTC adopted amnesty laws and considered it as part of the transition of power from the previous government to the new one. This amnesty law was criticized by human rights organizations and human rights activists. In this article after providing a brief introduction to amnesty and introducing various types of it and contemplating on transitional justice, the NTC amnesty law will be examined.
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spelling ukm.eprints-139362020-01-15T09:20:37Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13936/ The Libyan NTC Law No.38 2012: a disguised amnesty Hamed Hashemi Sougheh, Rohaida Nordin, The armed conflict of Libya occurred in 2011 and the authoritarian government of Ghaddafi felt down. During the conflict serious violations of human rights and humanitarian rights law (IHL) occurred and both sides committed serious crimes included of willfull killings, rape, looting, torture and aarbitrary arrests. After the fall of Ghoddafi, a transitional government came to power in Libya that was known as the National Transitional Government of Libya (NTC). The Libyan NTC adopted amnesty laws and considered it as part of the transition of power from the previous government to the new one. This amnesty law was criticized by human rights organizations and human rights activists. In this article after providing a brief introduction to amnesty and introducing various types of it and contemplating on transitional justice, the NTC amnesty law will be examined. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13936/1/36956-116563-1-PB.pdf Hamed Hashemi Sougheh, and Rohaida Nordin, (2019) The Libyan NTC Law No.38 2012: a disguised amnesty. Jurnal Undang-Undang dan Masyarakat, 24 . pp. 1-8. ISSN 1394-7729 http://ejournal.ukm.my/juum/issue/view/1242
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