« There are reasonable grounds to believe that crimes once morest humanity have been committed in Libya, says a UN fact-finding mission. Since the start of their mandate in 2020, the investigators who traveled to the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi have collected more than 400 interviews with witnesses and victims. They claim that human rights violations have multiplied in three years, as explained by Mohamed Auajjar, head of the mission: “ The mission documented numerous cases of arbitrary detention, murders, torture, rape, sexual slavery and enforced disappearances, confirming their widespread practices in the country. »
For the first time, the mission therefore adds sexual slavery to the list of human rights violations, practiced in particular in the migrant detention centers of Bani Walid and Sabratah: “ The mission regrets that these victims of heinous crimes were, in addition to men and women, children, who desperately need protection. »
In its report, the experts attribute the facts to the Libyan coast guard and to armed groups, such as the militia of the “ Stability Support Authority (SSA), funded by the Tripoli government. The mission, whose mandate ends today, intends to communicate a list “ of possible authors of these crimes to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
