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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.
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