Libya
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- transitional government
- CONSTITUTION
- the National Transitional Council, recognized by the UN in September 2011 as the legitimate interim government, operates under a temporary constitution
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- N/A
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- in September 2011, the United Nations recognized the Libyan National Transitional Council (TNC) as the legitimate governing authority; the TNC established a new transitional government on November 22, 2011
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- N/A
RELIGIONS
97% Sunni, 3% other
From the country
- DECEMBER 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the Bulgarian government rejected a proposal by Tripoli
the Bulgarian government rejected a proposal by Tripoli
- DECEMBER 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
BARROSO CONDITIONS TIES WITH LIBYA ON FATE OF BULGARIANS ON DEATH ROW
The European Union chief executive said Libya’s efforts to build closer ties with the bloc would depend on the fate of six foreign medics it has sentenced to death for allegedly causing an AIDS outbreak.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called again for...
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called again for the death penalty to be banned in his country but has stressed the decision should not result from pressure from abroad
- OCTOBER 22, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 4, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
European Union Commission President Romano Prodi held...
European Union Commission President Romano Prodi held with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a private visit to the north African nation, the EU said
- JULY 27, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria rejected a Libyan proposal for a deal to save...
Bulgaria rejected a Libyan proposal for a deal to save five Bulgarian nurses convicted of deliberately infecting children with AIDS from a firing squad and insisted that they were innocent
- JULY 5, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security...
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a pan-European security body, urged Libya not to execute six foreign medical workers convicted of infecting children with AIDS