"LIBYA"

Confirming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued 4 warrants related to the prosecution of crimes in Libya and submitted requests for two more, prosecutor Karim Khan told the Security Council, “Warrants are not an end in themselves, but they are an important step in the rights of victims and survivors that their lives matter to you.” UNIFEED

The Council is scheduled to receive the biannual briefing of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, on the ICC's Libya-related activities.

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the Security Council that “the power struggle in Sudan is not only putting that country’s future at risk”, but it is also “lighting a fuse that could detonate across borders, causing immense suffering for years, and setting development back by decades.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, said, “our proposal is meant to enable elections in Libya this year by widening the scope of actors involved in this national issue of paramount importance.” UNIFEED

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (S/2023/248)

The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed deep concern in its final report about the country’s deteriorating human rights situation. The human rights investigators said that there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array of war crimes, and crimes against humanity” in recent years. UNTV CH

A group of activists from the Arab region participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York warned about a deterioration of the women’s situation in their countries. UNIFEED

The United Nations top official in Libya told the Security Council that “Libyans are impatient” and they question “the will and desire of the current political actors to hold inclusive and transparent elections in 2023.” UNIFEED