The Libyan Center for Democracy and Human Rights (LCDHR) participated in a roundtable discussion on reducing overcrowding in detention facilities and prisons in the Middle East and North Africa region, in an attempt to find alternatives to detention as well as to consider rehabilitation and reintegration programs for prisoners. The discussion took place on 1st …
Book by Alison Pargeter (LCDHR) Director An authoritative study of the enduring relevance of tribes in contemporary Iraq and Libya, investigating their complex relationships with state and society. Description Regime change in Libya (2011) and Iraq (2003) catapulted a host of sub-state actors to the fore, including tribes, which have emerged as influential political, …
LCDHR, in collaboration with the International Organization for Penal Reform (PRI), organised in May 2024 in the city of Hammamet / Tunisia, a five-day training workshop attended by 13 participants representing the Libyan government and state institutions, civil society organisations, and academics. The title of the workshop was “Building an Effective Justice System in the …
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LCDHR Director Asma Khalifa, a Libyan activist and researcher, has been appointed Associate Fellow at Middle East and North Africa Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (commonly known as Chatham House), which is a British think tank based in London, England Asma is currently based in Sweden and Germany and has been …
ASMA KHALIFA HAS BEEN APPOINTED ASSOCIATE FELLOW AT CHATHAM HOUSE, LONDON Read More »
Recommendations to the Libyan Dialogue Forum in Tunisia In the name of Allah, the Merciful Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Libyan Dialogue Forum in Tunis, Ms. Stephanie Williams, Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya, We would like to congratulate you for succeeding to meet in Tunisia as part of the …
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The Libyan Transitional Justice Support Network (LTJSN) met recently for the first time since it was established in the summer of 2020, following a mapping project of Libyan victim’s organisations by LCDHR team and funded by the American Bar Association (ABA). Some of the members who attended the meeting came from Surman, Darj, Ghadames, Sabha, …
Following the receipt of a small grant from Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) in 2019, LCDHR designed and implemented the “Constructive Reporting on Migration in Libya” project. Fifteen Libyan journalists were trained to cover migration issues in a positive and constructive manner to balance the negative narrative existing in Libya and …
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