By Libya Herald staff.
Tripoli, 26 September 2014:
The Ministry of Justice has moved a step closer to compensating victims of sexual violence during . . .[restrict]the revolution by appointing the head of the commission set up to oversee the compensation fund.
Sawsan Ali Salim Haneesh will serve the a sixth-month term as commissioner of the committee that will administrate the fund.
The fund itself, however, meagre – just LD 190,000 – although this is supposedly an initial amount. The committee has to establish rules for the formation and working of the commission.
The committee has also been told that its must take all measure to protect the identities of those who have been victims of sexual crimes. It has also been charged with providing adequate training for all members who will work with the victims or have access to their information.
A compensation decree was first issued in February this year and again in June declaring that rape committed during the revolution was a war crime and that reparations had to be paid to rape victims. [/restrict]
