In its annual report for 2024, Libyan Crimes Watch confirmed the continued grave human rights violations and international crimes in the country, documenting 589 violations over the year, saying the report is based on 62 documentation files and firsthand testimonies from victims, survivors, and witnesses across 24 Libyan cities.
The report highlighted the persistence of systematic patterns of abuse, including arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings, restrictions on freedoms, and the targeting of human rights defenders, activists, and journalists, as well as widespread violations against migrants and asylum seekers.
It revealed the involvement of authorities in both eastern and western Libya—alongside armed groups, security agencies, and individuals—in perpetrating these abuses. The report pointed to the ongoing culture of impunity, driven by a lack of accountability, as the main reason these crimes persist.
In its recommendations, the organization stressed the urgent need for accountability and an end to impunity, urging Libyan authorities in both east and west to uphold their international obligations and cease systematic violations. The organization also called on international actors to support accountability processes and strengthen justice mechanisms in Libya.
The report cited the organization’s director, Ali Omar, as saying: “Impunity in Libya has become a systematic policy,” holding authorities in both the east and west fully responsible, and calling on international stakeholders to “stop supporting parties involved in committing these violations.”
