What is it about?
After decades of internal turmoil and civil war, Libya is in dire need of a comprehensive process to address all outstanding violations of the human right to property. This paper examines violations of the right to property as a result of Ghaddafi-era Law No. 4/1978 , as well as during the recent civil war. Recent developments in international law underline the requirement for the government to give adequate compensation.
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Why is it important?
The paper is timely because Libya will have elections in the near future. The need for a transitional justice process is paramount soon after so the country can heal from the past and move forward in prosperity and unity.
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I am grateful to my co-author, whose initial work formed the basis of this article. It might seem like a rather niche topic, but in fact the same issues arise after conflicts in so many other areas of the world. So I am keen for this overview of the law to be useful in other postwar contexts too.
Alexandra Fowler
University of Westminster
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This page is a summary of: Violations of the Right to Property in Libya and the Promise of Transitional Justice, International Human Rights Law Review, April 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22131035-11010001.
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