The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Manul) welcomed on Saturday the appointment by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of Moroccan Mohamed Aujjar, as president of the Mission of UN Independent Inquiry into Libya (FFML). Manul on Saturday called on the competent Libyan authorities to “fully cooperate with the Fact-Finding Mission in Libya (FFML), a crucial step to end impunity and prevent further human rights violations and abuses. in Libya, ”according to a statement. In addition to Mr. Aujjar, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, appointed on August 19 two other eminent independent experts of the FFML. They are Tracy Robinson (Jamaica) and Chaloka Beyani (Zambia and United Kingdom). In appointing these experts, Ms. Bachelet considered that “the deterioration of the security situation in Libya and the absence of a functioning judicial system underline the importance of the work of a team of independent experts to document the violations and abuses. human rights ”, according to a statement posted on the UN website. On June 22, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution calling for the sending to Libya of a “fact-finding mission” to document the abuses committed there since 2016. Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, Libya is in the grip of conflicts and struggles for influence where human rights violations are often overlooked.
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