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Law No. 10 of 2013 concerning the Criminalization of Torture, Forced Abduction, and Discrimination.

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First Region

Libya
Equality of opportunity and treatment; Criminal and penal law
2013-05-28
National
Law, Act

Second Region

The Law provides that restricting the personal freedom of a person through force, threat, or treachery and discrimination are criminal offences and are punishable under criminal law. Article 2 provides that anyone who "commits torture or orders someone else to inflict physical or mental suffering on a person under their control or to elicit a forced confession of a crime he or she may or may not have committed, or for discrimination of any form, or for revenge of whatever motive shall be imprisoned for a period of no less than five years." Article 2 also prescribes the same prison term for anyone "who remains silent on torture while having the ability to stop it." If torture results in "grave harm" the punishment is no less than eight years and ten for "grave harm" which results in the death of the victim the offence is punishable by life imprisonment. Article 3 provides that depriving a person of any of his or her rights because of membership in a group or clan, residence in a geographic area, or ethnicity or colour is also punishable with 3 to 15 years of imprisonment. Under Article 5, "political, executive, and administrative officials as well as military commanders or their officers-in-charge" are also liable for acts of torture, among others, committed by those under their control if the superior does not take the necessary measures to prevent or expose the act if able to do so, or to refer it to the relevant authorities.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2013-05-28
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Electronic region

    Electronic source title
    Legislation online in Arabic
    Author
    Eastlaws Database
    Place of publication
    Cario
    Country
    Egypt

Serial region

    Serial title
    Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
    Date
    2013-05-28
    Number
    No. 7
    Page range
    P. 435 - P 437