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Final Agreement between Zintan and Mashashiyya

  • Country/entity

    Libya
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Final Agreement between Zintan and Mashashiyya
  • Date

    18 May 2017
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

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

    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Libyan local processes
  • Parties

    The reconciliation committee is made up of the following areas: Wirfala, Tarhunah, Ghriyan, al- Qadhadhifah, Al Say’an, Al Rajbam, Jadu, al-Asabi’ah, Al Wijaibat, Al Fawalish, al-Hawamid, al- Zawiyyah, and the tribes of Barqah.

    Agreement does not have signatories, but is approved by the head of the committee.
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Agreement addresses the areas of al-Awinah, Awmar, Zawiyyah, al-Baqoul, and Mizdah between multiple tribes. Agreement provides for: (1) displaced persons; (2) opening and securing roads; (3) lifting of social cover; (4) reparation and reconstruction; (5) end of property conflicts by law; (6) investigation into killings and missing persons.


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
    Groups→Refugees/displaced persons→Substantive
    Page 1, 1. The people of Awiyniya, Zawiyyat al-Baqoul, and Awmar shall remain in their homes, and the ones who are in other areas will leave those areas and return to their places of residence.

    Page 1, 2. Those who were forcibly displaced from the city Mizdah will return to their homes from al- Zintan, al-Qintrar, al-Mashashiyyah, and others.
  • 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
    Page 1, 4. The roads that lead to and from the areas mentioned above will be secured, and there will
    no longer be any barriers or detentions made based on identity by any of the parties.
  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access
    Page 1, 4. The roads that lead to and from the areas mentioned above will be secured, and there will
    no longer be any barriers or detentions made based on identity by any of the parties.

    Page 1, 5. There shall be coordination with the security directorates in the neighboring areas to create
    a security plan to secure the roads in coordination with the committees from all of the
    parties.
  • 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
    Justice sector reform→Criminal justice and emergency law→Delimitation of powers in Criminal Justice System
    Page 2, 9. The Committee shall be responsible for looking into the cases of the killings, violations, and missing people based on the requests that are submitted to it by all parties.
  • 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
    Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
    Page 2, 7. The Reconciliation Committee shall be responsible for following up with the services,
    maintenance, and compensation for the damages, as well as for removing the remnants of the fighting, in all of the areas that are mentioned with all of the official entities responsible for this through a committee that is formed for this purpose.
  • 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, 5. There shall be coordination with the security directorates in the neighboring areas to create
    a security plan to secure the roads in coordination with the committees from all of the
    parties.
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 2,
    8. The ongoing conflicts between the parties over lands and real estate in the city of Mizdah, al-Awiniya, and other areas shall be ended, and not expanded, based on the law and customs, and the Conflict Resolution Committee shall be tasked with this. Any party that does not adhere to the rulings of the committee during the specified time period set by the committee will have a ruling issued against them, and they shall be referred to the responsible official entities.
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR
    Security sector→DDR→Demilitarisation provisions
    Page 1, 3. All armed manifestations in all of the areas of the conflict will be ended.
  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
    Page 1, 3. All armed manifestations in all of the areas of the conflict will be ended.

    Page 2, 10. None of the parties shall be allowed to bring in a force or other party and use them to attack the other parties to this agreement.
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims
    Page 2, 9. The Committee shall be responsible for looking into the cases of the killings, violations, and missing people based on the requests that are submitted to it by all parties.
  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations
    Transitional justice→Reparations→Material reparations
    Page 2, 7. The Reconciliation Committee shall be responsible for following up with the services,
    maintenance, and compensation for the damages, as well as for removing the remnants of the fighting, in all of the areas that are mentioned with all of the official entities responsible for this through a committee that is formed for this purpose.
  • Reconciliation
    Page 1, In order to preserve the cohesion of the social fabric and to bring together our brothers and neighbours, who are all from the same nation, out of a desire to avoid further sedition and wars, and to preserve blood during this historic turning point, we are witnesses and supporters of the excellent position that was called for by the tribe of al-Mashashiyyah and the tribe of Al Zintan, and the surrounding areas and tribes. This position has been taken provide redress and repair the social fabric in order to bring back social peace and harmony for the coming generations and for all of Libya.

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
    Page 2, 8. The ongoing conflicts between the parties over lands and real estate in the city of Mizdah, al-Awiniya, and other areas shall be ended, and not expanded, based on the law and customs, and the Conflict Resolution Committee shall be tasked with this. Any party that does not adhere to the rulings of the committee during the specified time period set by the committee will have a ruling issued against them, and they shall be referred to the responsible official entities.
  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Twitter, Qana’ Libya [Libya Channel], Final Agreement between al-Zintan and al- Mashashiyyah, 18 May 2017, https://twitter.com/LibyasChannel/status/865322431011053569

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

And peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, the Messenger of Mercy from the Lord of the Worlds.

Based on His verse to “respond ‘to evil’ with that which is best, then the one you are in a feud with will be like a close friend.

But this cannot be attained except by those who are patient and who are truly fortunate.”

And his saying to “cooperate with one another in goodness and righteousness, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression.”

And the saying of the Prophet that “All of a Muslim is a prohibited for another Muslim, his blood, his property, and his honour.”

In order to preserve the cohesion of the social fabric and to bring together our brothers and neighbours, who are all from the same nation, out of a desire to avoid further sedition and wars, and to preserve blood during this historic turning point, we are witnesses and supporters of the excellent position that was called for by the tribe of al-Mashashiyyah and the tribe of Al Zintan, and the surrounding areas and tribes.

This position has been taken provide redress and repair the social fabric in order to bring back social peace and harmony for the coming generations and for all of Libya.

The reconciliation committee is made up of the following areas:

Wirfala, Tarhunah, Ghriyan, al-Qadhadhifah, Al Say’an, Al Rajbam, Jadu, al-Asabi’ah, Al Wijaibat, Al Fawalish, al-Hawamid, al-Zawiyyah, and the tribes of Barqah.

After rounds of talks with regards to the ongoing problem in the areas of al-Awinah, Awmar, Zawiyyah, al-Baqoul, and Mizdah between the tribes of Al Zintan, al-Mashashiyyah, [ILLEGIBLE], and the surrounding tribes, and after several calls from all of the sides and with authority from the tribes in conflict, this committee, which is made up of the aforementioned tribes, after studying the evidence surrounding the problem, along with the committees that were tasked and mandated by the concerned tribes,

Has reached the following agreement:

The people of Awiyniya, Zawiyyat al-Baqoul, and Awmar shall remain in their homes, and the ones who are in other areas will leave those areas and return to their places of residence.

Those who were forcibly displaced from the city Mizdah will return to their homes from al-Zintan, al-Qintrar, al-Mashashiyyah, and others.

All armed manifestations in all of the areas of the conflict will be ended.

The roads that lead to and from the areas mentioned above will be secured, and there will no longer be any barriers or detentions made based on identity by any of the parties.

There shall be coordination with the security directorates in the neighboring areas to create a security plan to secure the roads in coordination with the committees from all of the parties.

In the case that there are any hostilities or crimes that are committed by any of the members of groups from any of the parties to the dispute, the matter shall be limited to the perpetrator(s) of the crime, and they shall be handed over to an impartial entity that is agreed upon by the parties, or the reconciliation committee.

The parties pledge to not have an indiscriminate and irresponsible response, and there shall be no social protection to those that violate the rules.

The Reconciliation Committee shall be responsible for following up with the services, maintenance, and compensation for the damages, as well as for removing the remnants of the fighting, in all of the areas that are mentioned with all of the official entities responsible for this through a committee that is formed for this purpose.

The ongoing conflicts between the parties over lands and real estate in the city of Mizdah, al-Awiniya, and other areas shall be ended, and not expanded, based on the law and customs, and the Conflict Resolution Committee shall be tasked with this.

Any party that does not adhere to the rulings of the committee during the specified time period set by the committee will have a ruling issued against them, and they shall be referred to the responsible official entities.

The Committee shall be responsible for looking into the cases of the killings, violations, and missing people based on the requests that are submitted to it by all parties.

None of the parties shall be allowed to bring in a force or other party and use them to attack the other parties to this agreement.

We ask Allah for guidance and acceptance, and that he bless these efforts.

All praise be to Allah, the lord of the worlds.

Peace be upon you

Written on / /2017

Approved by the Head of the Committee

[SIGNED]