A Palestinian vendor holds a newspaper announcing the death of former Libyan
leader Moammar Gadhafi in Jerusalem's Old City (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
leader Moammar Gadhafi in Jerusalem's Old City (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian human rights group opened a fact-finding mission in Libya on Thursday, tasked with investigating abuses by the country's late leader Moammar Gadhafi, the new Libyan government and NATO forces operating in the country.
The mission, organized by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights with Cairo-based Arab Organization for Human Rights, will spend a week in the country to scrutinize rights violations and train civil society, lawyers, and the judiciary on rights work, a PCHR statement said.
Experts from Sudan, Morocco, and Sweden are also taking part in the delegation.
The group will "meet with victims, members of the current and former armed forces, prisoners, witnesses, civil society, the Libyan Bar Association, and the political establishment," PCHR said.
"It is mandated to investigate potential violations of international human rights law, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by all parties."
In September, a delegation of Palestinian medics traveled to Libya to assist with treatment as fighting raged in strongholds loyal to a fugitive Gadhafi.
Gadhafi was killed on Oct. 20, ending the NATO military campaign in support of rebels and marking the close of 42 years of one-man rule.
Human rights groups have raised the alarm about executions in pro-Gadhafi strongholds by victorious fighters -- which the new government has vowed to investigate -- and called for a full investigation into a pattern of grave abuses under the eccentric dictator.
The mission, organized by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights with Cairo-based Arab Organization for Human Rights, will spend a week in the country to scrutinize rights violations and train civil society, lawyers, and the judiciary on rights work, a PCHR statement said.
Experts from Sudan, Morocco, and Sweden are also taking part in the delegation.
The group will "meet with victims, members of the current and former armed forces, prisoners, witnesses, civil society, the Libyan Bar Association, and the political establishment," PCHR said.
"It is mandated to investigate potential violations of international human rights law, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by all parties."
In September, a delegation of Palestinian medics traveled to Libya to assist with treatment as fighting raged in strongholds loyal to a fugitive Gadhafi.
Gadhafi was killed on Oct. 20, ending the NATO military campaign in support of rebels and marking the close of 42 years of one-man rule.
Human rights groups have raised the alarm about executions in pro-Gadhafi strongholds by victorious fighters -- which the new government has vowed to investigate -- and called for a full investigation into a pattern of grave abuses under the eccentric dictator.
Maan News Agency
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