This website offers a collection of Libyan legal documents, particularly laws, rulings, and circulars. Our website will focus particularly on public legal documents which are less widely available, such as court rulings and circulars. In the future we will also add commentaries by members of our network. We will also include relevant reports on legal developments in Libya.
Those interested in Libya’s legal system, will find an abundance of resources online. Libya’s Supreme Court publishes its rulings on its website in Arabic. The Ministry of Justice publishes a newspaper in Arabic. The Law Society of Libya has a comprehensive collection of Libyan legislation – mostly in Arabic but also with some material in English. DCAF Libya provides an expansive collection of ‘laws, decrees and other legislation governing the security sector in Libya’ both in Arabic and English.
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| Title | Authors | Abstract | Year | Language | Type | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenges for the Libyan Judiciary: Ensuring Independence, Accountability and Gender Equality | The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) | This report considers: Libya's judiciary's independence, accountability, and gender equality specifically in: 1) The Supreme Judicial Council, 2) The Statute on the Judiciary, 3) Judicial Accountability and Vetting, 4) Military Tribunals and Specialized Courts, 5) the Office of the Public Prosecutor. | 2016 | English | Report | Download |
| Constitutional Declaration of 1969 | Revolutionary Command Council | Unofficial transcription/translation by DCAF. For official reference, please refer to the original text as published by the Libyan Authorities. | 1969 | English | Constitutional Law | Download |
| Constitutional Declaration of 2011- Consolidated | National Transitional Council (NTC) | Unofficial transcription/translation by DCAF. For official reference, please refer to the original text as published by the Libyan Authorities. | 2014 | English | Constitutional Law | Download |
| Decree 33/2014 on assigning revolutionaries affiliated under the legitimacy of the Libyan state to protect the gains of the 17 February Revolution | General National Congress | General National Congress Decree No. (33) of 2014 AD on assigning revolutionaries affiliated under the legitimacy of the Libyan state to protect the gains of the 17 February Revolution. | 2014 | English | Legislation | Download |
| Draft Law on Reconciliation | Unofficial translation by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). | 2022 | English | Draft Law | Download |
