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Convention against Torture have been violated. The Special Rapporteur calls on the new
Government of Lybia to immediately conduct a full investigation and prosecution of those
responsible, in appropriate cases to surrender suspects to the International Criminal Court in
accordance with the Security Council resolution that referred the Lybian situation to that
judicial body, and to ensure that all victims of torture obtain redress, including fair and
adequate compensation, and as full rehabilitation as possible.
(b) JUA 14/03/2011 Case No. LBY 2/2011 State reply: None to date Alleged abductions of
journalists.
99.
The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has
not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued
by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the use of excessive force by
security forces resulting in death and injury, as well as the arrest and incommunicado
detention of human rights defenders. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Special
Rapporteur determines that the rights of the individuals named in the communication under
the UN Convention against Torture have been violated. He calls on the new Government of
Lybia to undertake an investigation, leading to the prosecution and punishment of the
perpetrators, or to their surrender to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in
accordance with the Security Council resolution referring the Lybian situation to that Court,
and to provide full redress to the victims, including measures of rehabilitation and nonrepetition.
(c) JUA 18/03/2011 Case No. LBY 3/2011 State reply: None to date Alleged cases of
enforced disappearances.
100. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has
not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued
by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged incommunicado
detention, ill-treatment, and possible enforced disappearance of Mr. Mohamed Al Shareef,
Mr. Adel Abdallah Almadaa Salah, Mr. Abdalsalem Alqanashi, Mr. Ali Mubarak Omran,
Mr. Alsadek Almabrouk Hamada Bridan, Mr. Abdalkarin Mohamed Abdalkarim, Mr. Salah
Almabrouk Saad, Mr. Abdallah Abdalsilam Khalifa, Mr. Nasser Amar Ali, Mr. Farj Amar
Ali, Mr. Assam Mohamed Abdalrazak Shahat, Mr. Ali Mohamed Salah, Mr. Souad Ali
Boumbrika, Mr. Abdessalam Youness, and Mr. Adam Masaoud Mohamed Idriss, as well of
hundreds of other persons allegedly detained in unknown locations. The Special Rapporteur
recalls paragraph 8(b) of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 of 12 April 2011, which
states: “[p]rolonged incommunicado detention or detention in secret places can facilitate the
perpetration of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and
can in itself constitute a form of such treatment.” In the absence of evidence to the contrary,
the Special Rapporteur determines that the rights of the aforementioned individuals under
the UN Convention against Torture have been violated, and calls on the new Government
of Lybia to undertake prompt, impartial and effective investigations of these acts, leading to
prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of torture, and in appropriate cases to their
surrender to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in accordance with the
Security Council resolution that referred the Lybian situation to that judicial body, and to
provide full redress to all victims. The Special Rapporteur calls on the new Government to
abolish the practice of incommunicado detention and secret places of detention and
interrogation.
(d) JAL 07/04/2011 Case No. LBY 5/2011 State reply: none to date Alleged abduction and
rape by security forces.
101. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Lybia has not responded to
this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human
Rights Council. The communication referred, inter alia, to the reported torture, rape and
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