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
- JUNE 4, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court of Libya adjourned the trial of...
The People's Court of Libya adjourned the trial of the six Bulgarian medics charged with infecting intentionally Libyan children with the AIDS virus to September 17
- APRIL 6, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan...
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan security forces had executed three of the eight Islamists that Jordanian authorities extradited to Libya in January 2000
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart...
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart guarantees that the Bulgarian medics would be given a fair trial
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva,...
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva, Valentina Siropoulo, Valya Chervenyashka, Snezhana Dimitrova and one doctor, Zdravko Georgiev, were charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus in a Benghazi hosp
- JANUARY 1, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, treason and offenses against the...
Premeditated murder, treason and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999LibyaDEATH PENALTY
In November, speaking at the Third Committee of the...
In November, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), the representative of the Libyan mission el-Sayeda Nagat el-Haggiog said that the question of the death penalty fell within the sphere of
- JULY 28, 1999LibyaDEATH PENALTY
On July 28, on Col
On July 28, on Col
- JULY 22, 1999LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Libya signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, treason and offenses against the...
Premeditated murder, treason and offenses against the State are capital crimes