A/HRC/19/68 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 28 January 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situation that require the Council’s attention Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Libya* ** *** Summary In its resolution S-15/1, the Human Rights Council established an international commission of inquiry on Libya and gave it the mandate to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law in Libya, to establish the facts and circumstances of such violations and of the crimes perpetrated and, where possible, to identify those responsible, to make recommendations, in particular, on accountability measures, all with a view to ensuring that those individuals responsible are held accountable. The Commission of Inquiry conducted its investigations applying the international legal regimes dictated by the situation. It concluded that international crimes, specifically crimes against humanity and war crimes, had been committed by Qadhafi forces in Libya. Acts of murder, enforced disappearance and torture were perpetrated within the context of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population. The Commission found additional violations including unlawful killing, individual acts of torture and ill-treatment, attacks on civilians, and rape. The Commission also concluded that the anti-Qadhafi forces, the thuwar, had committed serious violations, including war crimes and breaches of international human rights law, the latter continuing at the time of the present report. It found these violations to include unlawful killing, arbitrary arrest, torture, enforced disappearance, indiscriminate attacks, and pillage. It found in particular that the thuwar were targeting the Tawergha and other communities. * Late submission. ** See also document A/HRC/19/CRP.1. *** On 16 September 2011, pursuant to a request submitted by the National Transitional Council to the Protocol and Liaison Service of the United Nations, the previous official and short forms of the State (respectively, the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) were replaced by the name “Libya”. GE.14-10598 *1410598*