Human Rights Council
Fifty-sixth session
18 June–12 July 2024
Agenda items 2 and 10
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Summary
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/41 and provides an overview of the technical assistance and capacity-building that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights carried out from April 2023 to March 2024, through engagement with the Libyan authorities. The report presents some human rights challenges in Libya in the context of the implementation of Council resolution 52/41. The report concludes with a set of recommendations addressed to the Libyan authorities and the international community.
I. Introduction
1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/41, on technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya. In that resolution, the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in close consultation with the Libyan authorities, to provide technical assistance and capacity-building, with a view to improving further the situation of human rights in Libya, to assist the country in the implementation of its international human rights obligations and commitments, taking into account the work done by the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, its reports and recommendations, where applicable, and to support Libya in promoting and protecting human rights, preventing violations and ensuring accountability for violations and abuses of human rights, in accordance with a national plan. The Council also requested OHCHR to present a report at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution, to be followed by an interactive dialogue.
2. The report covers the period from April 2023 to March 2024 and outlines the technical assistance and capacity-building support provided to the Libyan authorities by OHCHR, in cooperation with the Human Rights, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice Service of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). The report presents the main human rights challenges in Libya in the context of the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 52/41. It contains recommendations for the Libyan authorities and the international community aimed at strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights in Libya.