Source: https://ihl-in-action.icrc.org/case-study/libya-removing-mines-and-securing-explosive-remnants-war
Timestamp: 2019-11-19 00:17:19
Document Index: 548928624

Matched Legal Cases: ['Arts 2', 'Art. 1', 'Art. 1', 'Art.1', 'Art. 5', 'Art. 6', 'Art. 11', 'Arts 7']

Libya, Removing Mines and Securing Explosive Remnants of War | IHL in Action
In 2011, the Libyan Ministry of Defence mandated the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LMAC) to manage demining. In 2013 the first ammunition shelter was built in Misrata, under the Libyan and UN supervision, thanks to the funding of the Swiss government, coupled with further actions.
[Source: UNSMIL, Securing ammunition in Libya, 15 July 2013, available at https://unsmil.unmissions.org/securing-ammunition-libya-step-towards-improving-public-safety]
[Source: Libyan Ministry of Defence, Libyan Mine Action Centre, available at http://www.lmac.gov.ly/EN/about.html]
[Source: UNSMIL, Joint statement by UNSMIL and UNMAS on Mine Action Day, 4 April 2016, available at https://unsmil.unmissions.org/joint-statement-unsmil-and-unmas-mine-action-day ]
[Source: Libyan Ministry of Defence, Libyan Mine Action Centre, January 2012, available at http://www.lmac.gov.ly/EN/LMAS.html ]
[Source: Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, 19 October 2015, available at http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2015/libya/mine-ban-policy.aspx]
1. How would you classify the situation in Libya in May 2011 and onwards? What additional information would you need in order to make such a determination? (GC I-IV, Arts 2, 3; P II, Art. 1).
3. Does a State have a duty to clear anti-personnel landmines when they are already scattered underground? On what information does the State have to base its clearance action? What other obligations do States have with respect to landmines? (CCW, Art. 1; CCW Amended Protocol II, Art.1(2), 10; Technical Annex to Amended Protocol II 1, 2; Ottawa Convention, Art. 5; CIHL, Rules 81, 82, 83)
4. Has Libya ratified relevant treaties dealing with mines and explosive remnants of war? Are some of the measures described above also required by customary law? (CIHL, Rules 81, 82 and 83)
5. (Document D) How would you evaluate the decision of the Government of Libya to support a Libyan Mine Action Centre? What is the role of the Libyan Mine Action Centre? Does it aim to work in cooperation with other actors? Are the third States bound to provide technical or financial support for the removal of mines? Is the same true for explosive remnants of war? Can non-governmental organizations also have a role in this process? How? Is their mandate recognized in relevant treaties? (Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, 1997, Art. 6; Protocol II to the CCW on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of mines, booby-traps and other devices, as amended in 1996, Art. 11; Protocol V to the 1980 CCW Convention, Arts 7,8)