Completed projects
The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation (RoLLNaR)
The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation (RoLLNaR) was a research project that ran from 2017 to 2020. It identified and assessed the role of law – both actual and potential, enabling and constraining – with regard to major challenges of reconciliation in Libya. The project was led by Dr. Suliman Ibrahim, and was divided into 7 major phases: an inception phase, five thematic research phases on respectively national identity, national governance, decentralization, security forces, and transitional justice, and a finalization phase. The project was funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Tripoli and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague.
Thematic Phase 1: National Identity
The first thematic research phase ran from 16 April 2018 to 15 October 2018 and focused on the topic of national identity. Major disagreements regarding politics, religion and ethnicity arose that hamper national reconciliation in Libya. With regards to politics, disagreements arose over the role of (former) Gaddafi loyalists in the political process, as well as over the choice of state symbols, such as the flag and anthem.
Thematic Phase 2: National Governance
The second thematic research phase ran from 16 October 2018 to 15 April 2019 and focused on the topic of national governance.
Thematic Phase 3: Decentralisation
This research phase ran from 16 April 2019 to 15 October 2019 and it dealt with major issues surrounding decentralisation in Libya.
Thematic Phase 4: Transitional Justice
The thematic research phase on transitional justice ran between 16 October 2019 and 15 April 2020 and covered topics such as truth and fact finding, institutional reform, criminal accountability and reparation.
Thematic Phase 5: Security Forces
The research phase on security forces ran between 16 April 2020 and 16 October 2020 and dealt with topics such as the command and civilian oversight of a unified army and the formation of police control, and the disarmament of armed groups.
