User:علي العسبلي/Libyan Crimes Watch Organisation

Libyan Crimes Watch is a non-governmental, non-profit human rights organization established in 2019 at the initiative of independent human rights activists, registered in the United Kingdom, and mainly specialized in monitoring and documenting crimes and all human rights violations in Libya, and aims to spread a culture of human rights and work to bring criminals to justice.

The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization relies in its work on field investigative research carried out by a monitoring team in the organization in various Libyan regions. This research is based on investigating the facts of human rights violations, in order to obtain accurate information about the facts, their circumstances, the identity of the victims and the violating parties. It also documents testimonies, evidence, presumptions, records and related documents for examination and verification. The organization called on the Government of National Unity and the authorities in eastern Libya to end all human rights violations, including kidnappings and enforced disappearances.

The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization called on Haftar's forces to stop targeting residential communities, to spare civilians the armed conflict, and to abide by international humanitarian law "the rules of war", and held them legally and morally responsible for these grave human rights violations. It called on the UN Security Council and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya to assume their responsibilities to protect civilians in Libya, and to send a fact-finding committee to investigate war crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice. 

Organization's goals

 * Contribute to the reduction of human rights violations.


 * Contribute to building a human rights memory.


 * Pushing for redress for victims and holding perpetrators of human rights violations accountable.


 * Spreading a culture of human rights and promoting awareness of it.


 * Raising capacities in the field of human rights defence.


 * Lobbying for the development of legislation and policies in line with the best values of human rights.

Organization's values
Renouncing violence: Libyan Crime Watch is committed to the principle of rejecting all forms of violence, engaging in it, justifying it, or promoting it.

Accuracy and Objectivity: The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization is committed to achieving the highest standards of investigation and research in order to access accurate and objective data and accounts of human rights violations. In its outputs, it is also committed to using accurate legal descriptions of the incidents of violations and their details in accordance with relevant international and local laws and charters.

Integrity: The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization does not place itself under any financial or moral obligation to any other party or organization that may affect its work or create a perception that there is an impact on its performance. As a non-profit organization, the Libyan Crimes Watch Organization does not engage in any commercial projects that conflict in any of its details with its stated goals.

Independence: The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization does not support any political position and does not act as a political tool for local actors or foreign policies. It also operates independently of governments, and has its own programmes, policies and implementation mechanisms, in accordance with human rights work standards.

Neutrality: The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization stands at the same distance from all parties to the conflict, and takes sides only with the victim.

Inclusiveness and non-discrimination: The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization deals with human rights as universal and inalienable rights that must be available to all without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, age, language, religion, political opinion, or any other status included in human rights standards.

No Harm: The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization places the interests and safety of victims and witnesses above all else, and responds to the concerns and interests of victims and witnesses of violations in a manner that respects their rights and preserves their dignity.

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