The UN mission in Libya expected the deployment of unarmed international observers in the country to monitor the ceasefire.

While the head of the Supreme Council of State in Libya, Khaled Al-Mashri, called for the acceleration of the organization of legislative and presidential elections, the case of the prosecution of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar before the American judiciary has come to the fore again.

The United Nations Mission in Libya said that it expects to deploy a specific, neutral, unarmed and irregular number of international observers to assist the Libyan observers of the Military Commission in implementing the ceasefire agreement in Sirte.

This came in an interview with the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stephanie Williams, while participating in a virtual meeting of the Special Security Working Group for Libya.

Williams commended the progress in implementing the ceasefire agreement and the exchange of detainees.

She explained that the exchange of detainees comes within the framework of confidence-building measures, which included the resumption of flights to all parts of Libya, the full resumption of oil production and export, and the restructuring of the Petroleum Facilities Guard.

The mission renewed its call on all parties to abide by international humanitarian law, human rights law and the protection of civilians.

The Security Working Group also renewed its call on all parties to accelerate the implementation of the ceasefire, open the coastal road, and remove all foreign fighters and mercenaries.

Williams praised the progress in implementing the ceasefire agreement and the exchange of detainees (Anatolia)

A permanent constitution


In a related context, the head of the Supreme Council of State in Libya, Khaled Al-Mishri, called on all political, military and social actors in the country to work to end the current phase as soon as possible.

He urged the speedy holding of legislative and presidential elections based on a permanent constitution, and an end to the repetition of transitional stages that he said had exhausted the country and the people.

Al-Mashri called for the need to integrate the armed units supporting the Libyan army forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord into the country's military, security and civil institutions.

The Libyans demanded unity of ranks, reunification and meeting on a common word, and giving priority to the national interest over any other interests.

Al-Meshri refused any alignment or bias that would lead to a split in the armed forces of the Government of National Accord and the forces supporting it.

The prosecution of Haftar


In addition, informed sources reported that the attorneys of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar in the United States decided to abandon his pleading in the case of the prosecution of Libyan families before the American judiciary.

The head of the Libyan-American coalition, Issam Omeish, said that they had received final notification of Haftar's lawyers intending to give up his defense in US courts.

Omeish added, on his Facebook page, that attorneys Duncan Levin and Edward Ongarsky indicated that Haftar did not communicate with them, and that contact with him was cut off.

Amish suggested that the abandonment of Haftar's lawyers came after he lost the ability to prove that he was the head of the Libyan state, "and then lost hope that he would obtain sovereign immunity, in addition to the fact that his chances of innocence have become very weak."

Earlier, informed sources reported that the US State Department rejects Khalifa Haftar's defense claim that he enjoys sovereign immunity in Libya.

She explained that she would not provide any statement to the court on his case.

Al-Mashri said that the transitional stages exhausted the country and the people (Al-Jazeera)

The killing of civilians


and Federal Judge Leonid Brink also gave the ministry to the fourth of January to express its position on whether it considers General Haftar as a head of state and can enjoy immunity in the two cases brought against him before the US judiciary, and whether the actions carried out by eastern Libyan forces under his leadership Done under Libyan law, in light of the civil war.

In a letter addressed to Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, the judge said that given the recently agreed ceasefire, issuing a ruling in the two cases could have repercussions on the foreign relations of the United States.

It is noteworthy that Libyan families have filed two cases against Haftar before the US judiciary, accusing him of committing human rights violations and overseeing the unlawful killing of Libyan civilians during the attack on the Qanfouda residential neighborhood in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 allows survivors of these crimes to sue foreign authorities for compensation in US courts.

It is reported that Haftar holds US citizenship, and if he is convicted, he will be subject to double penalties.