Representative raises concerns about divided judiciary and reports of arbitrary detention; prison access noted

An Ansmil representative told the Security Council that Libya’s judiciary remains divided and that continued parallel constitutional bodies and supreme judicial councils, along with unilateral appointments and relocations, are entrenching institutional fragmentation and legal uncertainty.

"The persistence of 2 constitutional bodies, 2 parallel supreme judicial councils... has further entrenched institutional fragmentation and legal uncertainty," the representative said, urging accountability for actors obstructing resolution.

On human rights, the representative reported continued arbitrary detention, intimidation and reprisals by security actors against perceived political opponents and human-rights defenders, and attacks on members of the Sufi community and their shrines. He welcomed recent access granted on April 11 to Mitiga prison by Ansmil’s human-rights service and monitoring by a Benghazi committee; the representative said those visits reportedly led to the release of a significant number of detainees and offered Ansmil’s technical assistance to national authorities.

The representative warned that without resolution of judicial division and enforcement of oversight there is a real possibility of profoundly negative consequences for unity, state institution integrity and the effectiveness of dispute-resolution mechanisms in any future electoral process.