Libya: Teetering on the edge: Ongoing human rights violations and abuses in Libya

The organization urges the Human Rights Council to condemn ongoing abuses; call for accountability and legislative reform to protect human rights, and request the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to report on the human rights situation in Libya. [...] Amnesty International recognizes the challenges facing the Libyan authorities as a result of the armed conflict and decades of authoritarian rule; these will not be overcome without the assistance of the international community. [...] In particular, Libya needs help to reform the security and justice systems, and deal with a legacy of serious human rights violations under the rule of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. [...] Still, Amnesty International believes that monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation in Libya by OHCHR would encourage the Libyan authorities to tackle current challenges more decisively and ensure the authorities receive the support and expertise needed to undertake ambitious reforms and reinstate the rule of law. [...] Registered in England and Wales The organization also urges the Council to call on the Libyan authorities to immediately release detainees held without charge, or charge them with recognizably criminal offences and promptly bring them to trial in proceedings that meet international fair trial standards and without recourse to the death penalty.