A/HRC/30/16 transitional justice, which abrogated Law No. 17 (2012) and established a fact-finding and national reconciliation body, a fund for victims and an ombudsperson’s office. 17. Other laws adopted included Law No. 29 (2012) on the right to establish and join political parties, Law No. 65 (2012) regulating the rights to peaceful protest, Law No. 10 (2013) criminalizing torture, forced disappearance and discrimination, Law No. 11 (2013) amending provisions of the Military Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedures to specify that civilians shall not be tried by military court, and Law No. 50 (2012) on compensation for political prisoners. The Prime Minister had issued Decision No. 39 (2012) establishing a permanent committee to monitor human rights in Libya within the Ministry of Justice. 18. As for economic, social and cultural rights, a law had been adopted to raise the minimum public-sector wage and raise the minimum basic and social insurance allowances. For family development, a marriage support fund had been established in order to help people who are getting married. Law No. 63 (2012) establishing the Anti-Corruption Authority and Law No. 18 (2012) on the rights of cultural and linguistic groups had also been adopted. 19. On the right to education, as per Arab League Council resolution No. 391 of 2007, a national plan had been set out for implementation of the Arab plan for human rights education in February 2014. 20. The Ministry of Education enrolled displaced students in the schools nearest to where they had been relocated. The State had also established schools in the refugee camps and provided transportation to school. It had also established an office in the Ministry of Education for displaced persons’ affairs. A special school for children with tumours had also been established at Tripoli Medical Hospital. 21. Regarding the rights of cultural groups to education, Law No. 18 (2013) on the rights of cultural and linguistic groups was adopted. The Amazigh language was to be included as a subject in the curriculum of primary-school grades one to four in those areas in which the language is spoken. 22. The State provided health care free of charge to citizens. The country had succeeded in eradicating poliomyelitis and no cases of that disease had been reported for more than 25 years. That fact had been confirmed by the World Health Organization. However, since the start of the 1990s, there had been a steady decline in the health-care system, owing to the international sanctions imposed on Libya and the departure of a large number of national medical cadres from the country. 23. There was no doubt that Libya was facing difficult challenges, which were an obstacle to achieving the promotion of human rights and the rule of law. The challenges required effective and concrete support from the international community. They were most notably the following. 24. Security risks associated with the expansion of terrorist organizations’ activities: these organizations were committing grave human rights violations, targeting Libyans and foreigners. Responding to a question from Kenya, the Deputy Minister emphasized that the situation called for urgent action to support the security institutions to confront that phenomenon. 25. On the protection of human rights defenders, the Deputy Minister stressed that a national plan to rebuild State institutions must be developed urgently. It was particularly important to implement an effective programme to disarm and demobilize individuals and properly integrate them into State institutions within a development plan, which would contribute to restoring security and stability, activating the judiciary and preventing impunity. 5

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