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Libya: Seize Chance to Protect Women's Rights - Historic Time to Entrench Rights Through Participation, New Laws and Constitution

26 Mayo 2013
Libia
Fuente: 
AllAfrica

Libyan authorities should seize a historic opportunity to promote and protect women's rights as the country transitions from four decades of dictatorship, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

Congress committee calls for action against oil facility attackers

21 Mayo 2013
Libia
Fuente: 
Libya Herald

The Energy Committee of the General National Congress today said that that anyone who forces oil facilities to close should be prosecuted in the courts. People had the right to make peaceful protests, the Committee said, but no one had the right to shut down installations or prevent people from going to work there.

The Constituent Assembly will be elected and the political isolation law is constitutional, rules Congress

11 Abr 2013
Libia
Fuente: 
Libya Herald

The General National Congress last night confirmed that the assembly that will draft Libya’s new Constitution shall be elected, as opposed to nominated, ending a long drawn-out debate that had kept Congress members from agreeing on other critical issues.

GNC agrees uncompromising law on torture, kidnapping and discrimination

09 Abr 2013
Libia
Fuente: 
Libia Herald

The GNC today passed tough legislation against torture, kidnapping and discrimination, with a final article mentioning specifically holders of public office, bureaucrats and members of the security forces.

Article One of the new law, which deals with kidnapping, provides for sentences of not less than seven years for anyone found guilty of detaining, imprisoning or depriving a person of their liberty, by force, threat or deception. It was stated that this applied to public officials exceeding their authority.

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