On 31 March, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) published a report titled ‘When Force Becomes Law: Armed Groups and Judicial Breakdown in Libya’. The report looks at how judicial personnel in Libya have been regularly targeted by assassination, kidnapping, arbitrary detainment, and armed attacks since 2012, with investigations often stalling or never initiated. Building on this, the report documents ‘the progressive takeover by armed groups of key stages in the justice process, from arrest and investigation to detention, trial, and enforcement of court decisions.’
Read the full report here.