Libyan Law and Society

Libyan Law and Society

New Publication: Access to Justice in Libya from the Perspectives of Justice Providers

The Centre for Law and Society Studies at the University of Benghazi and the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society at Leiden University have published a new Arabic-language book titled Access to Justice in Libya from the Perspectives of Justice Providers. The volume is one of the principal outputs of the Access to Justice in Libya project (2021–2026).

New Publication: Access to Justice from the Perspectives of Justice Seekers

The Centre for Law and Society Studies at the University of Benghazi and the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society at Leiden University have published a new Arabic-language book titled Access to Justice from the Perspectives of Justice Seekers.

New Publication: Access to Justice in Libya Survey Codebook and Dataset Now Available

The Codebook for the Access to Justice in Libya (A2JiL) survey is now publicly available, together with the full survey dataset.

Suliman Ibrahim
Suliman Ibrahim •

Message from the project leader Suliman Ibrahim for the close of the A2JiL project

With the finalisation of the end conferences in Tripoli and Leiden, and the final research report, the Access to Justice in Libya (A2JiL) project has come to an end. A message from the project leader:

"Journeys for Justice in Libya": Publication of the A2JiL final report and three related policy briefs

The final research report on the Access to Justice in Libya project is available on the website, together with three policy briefs expanding on key aspects of the research.

Publication of Research Guide on doing socio-legal research

Based on experience gathered under the Access to Justice in Libya project (2021-2026), this Research Guide provides practical guidance on doing socio-legal research on access to justice in the Arab world.

Megan  Ferrando
Suliman Ibrahim
Megan Ferrando and Suliman Ibrahim •

Final two months of the A2JiL project

As the 'Access to Justice in Libya' (A2JiL) research project (2021-2026) enters its final two months, the project team in Libya and the Netherlands is finalising the last project outputs, and organising dissemination of the research results.

Suliman Ibrahim
Suliman Ibrahim •

Justice seeking and access to justice in Libya: former owners of land dispossessed via Law 4/1978 in Tobruk

In the 1970s, the revolutionary regime of Muammar Gaddafi expropriated and redistributed land. In the aftermath of his fall, former owners started to claim their land back - putting them at loggerheads with current occupants. Dr Suliman Ibrahim analysed one particularly revealing land dispute in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk which seemed impossible to resolve until its very unexpected end.

Daw Abu Ighrarah
Daw Abu Ighrarah •

Justice seeking and access to justice in Libya: Wives of missing persons in Bani Walid

What are the experiences of people looking for justice in contemporary Libya? For Phase 1 of the Access to Justice-project, Supreme Court Judge Ali Abu Raas analysed the justice journeys of three family members of the victims of the Abu Salim-prison massacre of 1996, during which an estimated 1270 prisoners were killed.