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Libya

HAS NOT ENDORSED THE POLITICAL DECLARATION

Libya has not yet endorsed the Political Declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.  It did not actively participate in the negotiations towards a Political Declaration, though it was present at the second round of consultations in Geneva in 20201 and at the Vienna Conference on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Warfare in 2019 where it stressed the importance of an implementation mechanism to the measures adopted in the declaration.2

Statements and positions

As a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Libya aligned with World Humanitarian Summit Core Commitments to ‘Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity’ in May 2016, including the commitment “to promote and enhance the protection of civilians and civilian objects, especially in the conduct of hostilities, for instance by working to prevent civilian harm resulting from the use of wide-area explosive weapons in populated areas, and by sparing civilian infrastructure from military use in the conduct of military operations.”4

  1. Boillot, L. 2020. ‘More than 70 States Engage in Discussions on Political Declaration’. Article 36. 27 February 2020. https://article36.org/updates/more-than-70-states-engage-in-discussions-on-political-declaration/.
  2. ‘States Commit to Take Political Action on Explosive Weapons at Vienna conference’. Reaching Critical Will, 2019. https://reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-news/14061-states-commit-to-take-political-action-on-explosive-weapons-at-vienna-conference.
  3. ‘States to Resume Negotiations on Political Declaration on Protecting Civilians from Shelling and Bombing in Towns and Cities’. INEW. March 2021. https://www.inew.org/press-release-states-to-resume-negotiations-on-political-declaration-on-protecting-civilians-from-shelling-and-bombing-in-towns-and-cities/.
  4. Agenda for Humanity. ‘Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’. https://agendaforhumanity.org/stakeholder/233.html

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