Human Rights Litigation
LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY
MILITARY ACADEMY BOMBING
RUBBLE FROM UAE AIRSTRIKE IN YEMEN
TARHUNA MASS GRAVES
TAJOURA DC AIRSTRIKE
WAGNER GROUP IN LIBYA
BBC investigation from UAE involved in killing 25+ unarmeds cadets
ERIK PRINCELIBYA CONNECTION
THE SUIT
AGAINST HAFTAR
LAA has been lead consultant on a lawsuit filed by attorney Faisal Gill on June 26, 2019 against Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar for his role in ordering and facilitating the deaths of several civilians who lost their lives during the Libyan National Army’s April 2019 Tripoli offensive.
On April 4, 2019, forces loyal to Haftar advanced on Tripoli and, through this offensive, are accused of indiscriminately launching rockets and targeting nonmilitary targets, civilians, and medical facilities. This indiscriminate shelling sets the foundation for the lawsuit against Haftar.
TIMELINE
2019
Complaint filed
2020
Complaint served on Haftar
2021
Haftar’s response to complaint
2021
Discovery phase begins
2021
Discovery phase ends
10/21/21
2021
Case stayed until end of Libyan election
2022
Motion to reconsider stay filed
CONSULTATIONS

KEITH HARPER
Fmr Amb to UN

STEPHEN RAPP
Fmr Amb-at-Lrg, War Crimes


at Large for Global Criminal Justice.
LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY
On January 4, 2020, while 50 unarmed firstyear cadets practiced drills at Al-Hadba Military Academy in Tripoli, an explosion scattered the group, killing more than 25 cadets. United Nations (UN) envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame attributed the lethal drone strike to a country supporting Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA). LNA Spokesperson Ahmed al-Mesmari denied responsibility, but LNA Brigadier General Khalid al-Mahjoub stated that the LNA received information that militia groups were receiving training at the academy.
A BBC investigation found that the attack was executed by a Chinese Blue Arrow 7 laser-guided missile fired from a Chinesemanufactured Wing Loong II drone, and that at the time of the attack, Wing Loong II drones were present at one air base in Libya: Benghazi’s al-Khadim air base in the LNA-controlled eastern territory. A 2019 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts found that the UAE had violated the UN arms embargo by sending Wing Loong drones and Blue Arrow 7 missiles into Libya, as well as providing military material to Haftar’s forces.


THE WAGNER GROUP IN LIBYA

