Without a police force, it relies on governments of countries where suspects can be found for cooperation in arrests, and that cooperation has been inadequate, Human Rights Watch said. The ICC prosecutor has said that securing these arrests continues to be one of her office’s greatest challenges. Systematic and widespread human rights violations, including forced displacement of tens of thousands of civilians, long-term arbitrary detention, and thousands of politically motivated assassinations, have been ongoing since 2011. The UN Human Rights Council on June 22, 2020 established a fact-finding body to investigate violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by all parties to the Libya conflict since the beginning of 2016. Human Rights Watch has called on President Joe Biden to repeal ICC sanctions and work constructively with the court.

Source: Libya Today February 25, 2021 12:00 UTC