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Minutes of the Disengagement Agreement and Truce between the areas of Warshafānah and al-Zāwiyyah

  • Country/entity

    Libya
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Minutes of the Disengagement Agreement and Truce between the areas of Warshafānah and al-Zāwiyyah
  • Date

    12 Nov 2015
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/local conflict ( Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage

    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature

    Government
  • Peace process

    Libyan local processes
  • Parties

    Committee of the Warshafānah Area:
    1. Chancellor Nājī ‘Asha
    2. Salīm al-Dawārī
    3. Al-Sādiq ‘Āshūr Hamām
    4. Īsmā’īl Jam’ah Ābū Halalah
    5. ‘Abd al-Salām Ramadān Ābū ‘Amīd
    6. Muhammad Shatyawi Ghawar
    7. Al-Mansūrī Muhammad ‘Awīdāt
    Committee of the al-Zāwiyyah Area
    1. Al-Mahdī ‘Alī al-Shāwish
    2. Muhammad al-Bahlūl Ābū Khadīr
    3. ‘Amād Mīlūd Sultān
    4. Zahīr Muhammad al-Dūbalī
    5. Muhammad Hussayn al-Khudrāwī
    6. Muhid Ābū ‘Ajīlah Suwīsī
    7. Khayr Mustafah Ajīnah
    Quartet Commission for Dialogue and Agreement
    First – The Commission for Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān
    1. ‘Alī Ābū al-‘Īd Ramadān
    2. ‘Abd Āllah ‘Āhmad ‘Abd Āllah
    3. Muhammad ‘Āhmad Daqālī
    4. Al-Sādiq Rahmūdah Shamiyyah
    5. Al-Hādī Āmuhammad al-‘Amiyānī
    6. Sālih Sa’ad al-Dhīb
    7. Al-Ramāh Muhammad al-Duhanūs
    8. Sh’abān al-‘Amiyānī ‘Āhmad
    9. ‘Abd al-Qādr ‘Alī al-Numur

    Second – The Committee of al-Rajabān and al-‘Āsab’ah
    1. Mus’ūd Hussayn al-Madhūnī
    2. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah al-Ābyad
    3. Muhammad al-Marzūqnī al-Malālī
    4. Salīm ‘Abd al-Qādr
    5. Mus’ūd ‘Abd Āllah al-Turkī
    6. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah Ābū al-Sh’ālah
    7. ‘Alī Khalīfah Zahmūl
    8. Āmuhammad Mu’ammar al-Tarjamān
    9. ‘Āhmad Muhammad ‘Āhmad al-Hamarūnī
    10. Sulaymān ‘Abd al- Salām
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Short truce agreement between warring parties near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, that provides for a ceasefire, exchange of prisoners, the establishment of a joint commission to solve the dispute over the Coastal Road and other common issues including the relocation of dissapeared/missing persons, a cessation of use of the media for hostile propaganda and a cessation of arresting individuals based on their identity.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication
    Rights related issues→Media and communication→Media roles
    Page 1, Seventh – Stop the use of the media to call for sedition or to differentiate between Libyans.
  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees
    Page 1, Sixth – Any party shall assume responsibility for using their territory for warring or striking the other party.
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 1, First – Terminate [the exchange of] fire between the two disputing parties; withdraw armed forces from the barricades by a distance of 4 kilometres from both sides; accelerate talks between the two parties and quickly form a committee to observe the ceasefire, provided that the burdened sponsoring committee and the two committees belonging to the two parties implement and follow-up on the items of the agreement.
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces
    Page 1, First – Terminate [the exchange of] fire between the two disputing parties; withdraw armed forces from the barricades by a distance of 4 kilometres from both sides; accelerate talks between the two parties and quickly form a committee to observe the ceasefire, provided that the burdened sponsoring committee and the two committees belonging to the two parties implement and follow-up on the items of the agreement.
  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism
    Page 1, Fourth – Set up international and local investigation committees to investigate the circumstance of the helicopter crash. The responsible party shall bear all consequences for the outcome of the investigations.
  • Prisoner release
    Page 1, Second – An exchange of all detainees between the two sides.
  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons
    Page 1, Fifth – Form a joint committee to solve the problem of the coastal road and pursue the other outstanding issues under the supervision of the Quartet Commission for Dialogue and follow up on those missing.
  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Africa Gate News, 12 November 2015 http://www.afrigatenews.net/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9

Minutes of the Disengagement Agreement and Truce between

the areas of Warshafānah and al-Zāwiyyah

12 November 2015

With Allah’s blessings, on Thursday 29 Muharram 1437 (12 November 2015) in the area of Bi’r al-Ghamin under the auspices of the Committee of Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān and the Committee of al-Rajabān and al-‘Āsab’ah, the two disputing parties met in order to disengage and reconcile between two authorized parties from the two districts.

After discussions and a presentation of [different] views, a convergence of opinion has been reached, with the help of Allah.

First – Terminate [the exchange of] fire between the two disputing parties;

withdraw armed forces from the barricades by a distance of 4 kilometres from both sides;

accelerate talks between the two parties and quickly form a committee to observe the ceasefire, provided that the burdened sponsoring committee and the two committees belonging to the two parties implement and follow-up on the items of the agreement.

Second – An exchange of all detainees between the two sides.

Third – Stop arrests based on identity, regardless of location.

Fourth – Set up international and local investigation committees to investigate the circumstance of the helicopter crash.

The responsible party shall bear all consequences for the outcome of the investigations.

Fifth – Form a joint committee to solve the problem of the coastal road and pursue the other outstanding issues under the supervision of the Quartet Commission for Dialogue and follow up on those missing.

Sixth – Any party shall assume responsibility for using their territory for warring or striking the other party.

Seventh – Stop the use of the media to call for sedition or to differentiate between Libyans.

The record of the agreement ends with the signatures of the authorised committees of Warshafānah and al- Zāwiyyah, and the Quartet Committee for Dialogue.

Committee of the Warshafānah Area:

1. Chancellor Nājī ‘Asha

2. Salīm al-Dawārī

3. Al-Sādiq ‘Āshūr Hamām

4. Īsmā’īl Jam’ah Ābū Halalah

5. ‘ Abd al-Salām Ramadān Ābū ‘Amīd

6. Muhammad Shatyawi Ghawar

7. Al-Mansūrī Muhammad ‘Awīdāt

Committee of the al-Zāwiyyah Area

1. Al-Mahdī ‘Alī al-Shāwish

2. Muhammad al-Bahlūl Ābū Khadīr

3. ‘ Amād Mīlūd Sultān

4. Zahīr Muhammad al-Dūbalī

5. Muhammad Hussayn al-Khudrāwī

6. Muhid Ābū ‘Ajīlah Suwīsī

7. Khayr Mustafah Ajīnah

Quartet Commission for Dialogue and Agreement

First – The Commission for Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān

1. ‘ Alī Ābū al-‘Īd Ramadān

2. ‘ Abd Āllah ‘Āhmad ‘Abd Āllah

3. Muhammad ‘Āhmad Daqālī

4. Al-Sādiq Rahmūdah Shamiyyah

5. Al-Hādī Āmuhammad al-‘Amiyānī

6. Sālih Sa’ad al-Dhīb

7. Al-Ramāh Muhammad al-Duhanūs

8. Sh’abān al-‘Amiyānī ‘Āhmad

9. ‘ Abd al-Qādr ‘Alī al-Numur

Second – The Committee of al-Rajabān and al-‘Āsab’ah

1. Mus’ūd Hussayn al-Madhūnī

2. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah al-Ābyad

3. Muhammad al-Marzūqnī al-Malālī

4. Salīm ‘Abd al-Qādr

5. Mus’ūd ‘Abd Āllah al-Turkī

6. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah Ābū al-Sh’ālah

7. ‘ Alī Khalīfah Zahmūl

8. Āmuhammad Mu’ammar al-Tarjamān

9. ‘ Āhmad Muhammad ‘Āhmad al-Hamarūnī

10. Sulaymān ‘Abd al- Salām