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Libya: Alkarama Calls On State Delegations to Make Appropriate Recommendations Ahead of the State's Upcoming Universal Periodic Review
Libya: Alkarama Calls On State Delegations to Make Appropriate Recommendations Ahead of the State's Upcoming Universal Periodic Review
All Africa, 14 Apr 2015
On 10 April 2015, Alkarama briefed representatives from permanent missions in Geneva on its priority recommendations in view of Libya's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which will be held in Geneva on 13 May 2015. Alkarama presented the key issues which need to be urgently addressed by Libya, in particular torture, enforced disappearances, the targeting of civilians by different groups and the inefficiency of the judicial system.
The UPR involves a review of the human rights record of all UN Member States by the Human Rights Council every four years. The reviews take place through an interactive discussion between the State under review and other UN Member States. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can submit information which can be referred to by any of the States taking part in the interactive discussion.
The meeting was organised by UPR Info, an NGO that aims to make the UPR process an effective mechanism to improve human rights on the ground, and was attended by the National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights (NCCLHR) - the Libyan National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) - and other NGOs, including Libyan Women's Platform for Peace, Lawyers for Justice in Libya, No Peace Without Justice and Human Rights Solidarity - Libya.