At a press conference on Monday in Geneva, the fact-finding mission chairman Mohamed Auajjar noted that the FFM report recommends helping the local judiciary to be more accountable, noting that the mission has been cooperating with the International Criminal Court to strengthen accountability for international crimes, by sharing with the court the findings of the mission’s investigations into international crimes committed in Libya.
In its latest report, the mission made a series of recommendations to the Libyan authorities, including the investigation of individuals who allegedly committed violations and abuses, effective disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation to establish armed forces and security units in accordance with international standards and practices, the cessation of all military trials of civilians, and the halting of the execution of sentences handed down by military courts against civilians.
The report’s recommendations, which crowned the mission’s work, also included regulating the irregular entry and stay of migrants in Libya in accordance with international human rights standards, the immediate release of arbitrarily detained migrants, the closure of secret prisons, the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained persons, in addition to full cooperation with the UN human rights system and the International Criminal Court, and facilitated, unimpeded, and safe access to these bodies.
The report included recommendations to the United Nations, the international community, and other countries. For example, the mission called on the Human Rights Council to establish an independent international investigation mechanism, and on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to create a separate and independent mechanism with a continuing mandate to monitor and report on gross human rights violations in Libya, with a view to supporting Libyan reconciliation efforts and assisting the Libyan authorities in achieving transitional justice.
