• Country/entity

  Libya
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Reconciliation Agreement between Tebu and Awlad Sulaymen

• Date

  29 Mar 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

  Al-Zaylawi Mina Salih Qilma
  Sheikh of the Tebu Tribe
  
  Al-Sanusi Mas’ud Amr

  President of the Shurah Council of the Awlad Sulayman Tribe
  
  M. Abd al-Salaam S’ad Kaajmaan

  Deputy of the Presidential Council of the GNA
  
  Mr. Marco Minetti

  Foreign Minister of the Italian Republic

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  Reconciliation agreement underwritten by Italy providing for reparations, the departure of armed groups, the right to work in public services, the opening of Sabha Airport, and the lifting of social protection of wanted persons.

• Agreement document

  LY_170329_Reconciliation Agreement between Tebu and Awlad Sulayman_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  LY_170329_Reconciliation Agreement between Tebu and Awlad Sulayman_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  -> Link to national level; external support mechanism; culture of signing The agreement was clearly supported by an international mechanism; it was facilitated by the Italian Republic and sponsored by the Libyan state. Moreover, it is clearly embedded in a culture of signing (and supporting) agreements in this locale (Sabha) between tribes.

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The agreement is clearly linked to the national process. It was sponsored by the Libyan state represented by the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA. The agreement is based on "the strengthening of identity and the body of the nation, the sanctification of Libyan blood, protecting the unity of Libyan soil".

• Name of Locale

  Sabha

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  27.040306, 14.425710

• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local state actor
  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  Italian Republic

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Central state actor

Local issues

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Reconciliation Agreement between the Tebu and Awlad Sulayman Tribes

Allah says:

“No good is there in much of their private conversation, except for those who enjoin charity or that which is right or conciliation between people.

And whoever does that seeking means to the approval of Allah - then We are going to give him a great reward.” [

Shurat al-Nisa 114]

And Allah says:

“The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers.

And fear Allah that you may receive mercy.” [

Surat al-Hujurat 49]

Reconciliation is the joint pursuit towards conflict resolution, to redress the damage and rectify the consequences of conflicts in the past [and their] injustices and mistakes, based on the principles of our religion Islam, which forbids infighting among Muslims and urges compassion, cooperation and solidarity as well as calling for reconciliation and stemming the flow of Muslim blood.

And [ further based on] the strengthening of identity and the body of the nation, the sanctification of Libyan blood, protecting the unity of Libyan soil, establishing a culture of reconciliation and the beginnings of a state culture, and confirmation of the ties of brotherhood, history and intermarriage between the tribes.

On this day, Thursday, on Rajab 1438 corresponding to 29 March 2017, sponsored by the Libyan state represented by the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and attended by dignitaries from the Tuareg Tribe, [the parties] agreed the following:

1. Complete reconciliation between the two parties.

2. Reparation for those affected from the two parties in accordance with established practice by the two sides.

3. The Italian State shall ensure that the financial value of reparations is paid by both sides.

4.

The Italian State shall ensure the healing of difficult incidents.

5. Departure of all armed formations from public places and passes, and these locations will be handed over to the police with a southern disposition.

6. Everyone has the right to partake in public services [jobs].

7. Cooperation to re-establish the conditions necessary to open the Sabha International Airport for passengers.

8. Treatment of those fallen from the two parties and equal treatment and consideration of martyrs.

9. Lifting the social protection of criminals from both sides.

Anyone who breaks the peace is responsible for their actions and their family must hand them over to justice.

10. Form a Joint Committee consisting of both sides to follow up implementation of the points of this reconciliation agreement.

11. All sides are committed to the implementation of all respective points of this agreement.

This agreement is followed by a detailed annex that is an integral part of the agreement.

And Allah is the guardian of harmony

Issued in Rome, Wednesday 29 March 2017 Al-Zaylawi Mina Salih Qilma

Sheikh of the Tebu Tribe

Al-Sanusi Mas’ud Amr

President of the Shurah Council of the Awlad Sulayman Tribe

M. Abd al-Salaam S’ad Kaajmaan

Deputy of the Presidential Council of the GNA

Mr. Marco Minetti

Foreign Minister of the Italian Republic

Source:

Libya Mustaqbal, ‘Reconciliation Agreement signed between the Tebu and Awlad Sulayman in the Italian Capital Rome’, 29 March 2017, http://bit.ly/2F1muhl

[Unofficial translation by R Forster]