The state, alone, cannot conduct effective security sector reform. Civil society actors have an important role to play as the voice of the people, overseeing the impact on youth and women, human rights, the environment – and more.
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Mpako Foaleng, Chief of the UN Standing Capacity on Security Sector Reform, leads a discussion about civil society participation in security sector reform at the Tripoli offices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in February 2023.
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Suki Nagra, the Director of the Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Section for UNSMIL and Dutch Ambassador Dolf Hogewoning present a list of human rights principles to Presidential Council President Mohammad Menfi based on consultations with 500 Libyans on 15 March 2023.
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The meetings of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) and liaison committees from Libya, Sudan and Niger in Cairo, chaired by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily / © UNSMIL