{"id":26275,"date":"2026-04-08T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/?p=26275"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:02:10","slug":"2025-annual-report-libya-division-entrenches-violations-and-undermines-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/blog\/2025-annual-report-libya-division-entrenches-violations-and-undermines-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 ANNUAL REPORT \u2013 LIBYA: DIVISION ENTRENCHES VIOLATIONS AND UNDERMINES ACCOUNTABILITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Libya Crimes Watch Issues Its 2025 Annual Report<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

London, 8 April 2026<\/strong> \u2014 Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) has published its 2025 Annual Report, entitled “LIBYA: DIVISION ENTRENCHES VIOLATIONS AND UNDERMINES ACCOUNTABILITY<\/em>“, documenting the continued and escalating grave human rights violations and international crimes occurring across the country, against a backdrop of the absence of effective accountability pathways and the persistence of impunity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report records 859<\/strong> grave violations documented during 2025, compared to 589 <\/strong>during 2024, reflecting a significant increase in the rate of violations. It draws primarily on 93<\/strong> documentation files and direct testimonies from victims, survivors, and witnesses collected by LCW’s field team in accordance with LCW’s established documentation methodology, which is aligned with international protocols for the documentation of human rights violations. These violations affected 617<\/strong> civilians and occurred across at least 29<\/strong> major areas and cities in eastern, southern, and western Libya, including remote and hard-to-reach areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report provides a legal analysis of the documented violations in light of IHRL and IHL, drawing on indicators that measure the gravity, patterns, and scale of violations, and concludes that certain of these violations may constitute international crimes by virtue of their systematic nature and scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Annual Report highlights the continuation of serious patterns of violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment, extrajudicial killing, and the denial of basic fair trial guarantees, alongside trafficking in persons, forced labour, and sexual violence. It further documents the repeated targeting of human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and dissidents for exercising their fundamental rights, including freedom of expression and participation in public life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report addresses violations committed against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, as well as vulnerable and marginalised groups, including women, children, and religious, ethnic, and gender minorities, and highlights the various contexts in which these violations occurred, including casualties resulting from military operations, encompassing armed clashes and the explosion of ERW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 Annual Report identifies the responsibility of the authorities in eastern and western Libya for these violations, as well as that of prominent commanders and officials, whether for their commission by affiliated or supporting security apparatuses and armed groups, or for their failure to fulfil legal obligations to prevent violations, protect civilians, investigate incidents, and ensure the accountability of perpetrators. The report further highlights the continued inability of the national justice system to conduct independent and effective investigations, and the persistent weakness of cooperation with international justice mechanisms, including the ICC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the report, Ali Omar, Executive Director of Libya Crimes Watch<\/strong>, stated: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Every year we find ourselves confronted with the same patterns of violations recurring, whilst victims and their families continue to await justice. This reality reflects an ongoing failure by the Libyan authorities to halt violations and hold those responsible to account, and underscores the urgent need for serious action to bring an end to impunity.”<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In its recommendations, LCW affirms the urgent need to take concrete steps to end grave violations and international crimes, ensure the accountability of those responsible, and end impunity, including through full cooperation with the ICC. It calls upon the authorities in eastern and western Libya to honour their legal obligations, guarantee the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, and cease the targeting of civilians on account of their opinions or activities. It further urges the international community to support justice and accountability pathways and to cease any direct or indirect support to parties implicated in violations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For enquiries or interview requests, please get in touch with LCW Communications and Outreach Officer Nour Khalifa at Nour@lcw.ngo<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The full report can be accessed here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n