Libya: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - Briefing to the UN Human Rights Committee

Libya: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - Briefing to the UN Human Rights Committee

Amnesty International submits this summary of concerns for the consideration of the Human Rights Committee (HRC) at the pre-sessional meeting in July 2007 in connection with its upcoming examination of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya's (Libya's) fourth periodic report on implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This briefing summarizes some of Amnesty International's concerns during the period since Libya's last examination by the HRC in October 1998.