Joint declaration of the representatives of Touareg and Tebou tribes in 4 points supporting the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement which recently took office in Tripoli

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Country/entity: Libya
Region: Middle East and North Africa
Agreement name: Joint declaration of the representatives of Touareg and Tebou tribes in 4 points supporting the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement which recently took office in Tripoli
Date: 21 Apr 2016
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/local conflict
Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - )
Agreements relate to two distinct conflict dyads.
Libya-Chad. Since the 1970s, Libya under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi had a tense relationship with its neighbour Chad, predominantly focused on the resource-rich Aouzou Strip in northern Chad. Libyan claims of the Aouzou Strip were held in an un-ratified treaty between France and Italy in 1935, similarly Chadian claims of the Strip were argued with support of a 1955 treaty between Libya and France. In 1973, Libya effectively annexed the Strip to gain access to natural resources. This spurred cross-border clashes between 1979 until 1987 until escalated to a brief war known as the Toyota War, wherein Chadian government troops succeeded in repelling Libyan forces. A brief and repeatedly violated ceasefire was held from 1987-88, followed by a series of unsuccessful negotiations, until an International Court of Justice ruling in 1994, which granted sovereignty of the Strip to Chad.

Libya post-Gaddafi. Gaddafi’s downfall following the Libyan Civil War in 2011-2012, led to several factions fighting for the country’s leadership. Since 2013, the country effectively split into three entities, with the National Army controlling the east including the city of Benghazi, and the New General National Congress and their militias such as the Golden Dawn controlling the northwest including the capital of Tripoli. Significant portions of the country in the south-west are currently held by Tuareg forces. The civil war and chaos continued into 2014 as the General National Congress refused to disband after the expiry of its mandate, resulting in eruption of mass protests. The UN efforts continue to broker peace between the Libyan Army and the Libya Dawn factions, and a partial ceasefire was declared in January 2015. A new interim-government (Tunisia-based) called ‘Government of National Accord’ is formed with the backing of UN despite the refusal of the other forces to recognise its authority and arrived to Tripoli with the UN in 2016. A state of emergency was declared by the UN backed government amid clashed between rival militia in Tripoli’s southern suburbs. Since April 2019 there has been sustained fighting between the Libyan National Army and the UN-backed government in Tripoli as the Libyan National Army aims to seize Tripoli.
Stage: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Inter-group
Peace process: Libyan peace process
Parties: National Movement of the Touareg Youth in the South: Aboubakr Akhat Mohammed Al-Amin;
High Revolutionary Council of the Tebou in the South: Mabruk Jomode Elie Getty
Third parties: Sant'Egidio
Description: Four point agreement between Tuareg and Tebu representatives announcing their support of the Government of National Accord set up by the Libyan Political Agreement.

Agreement document: LY_160421_Joint Declaration Tebu-Tuareg.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

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: No specific mention.
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: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
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: No specific mention.
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: No specific mention.
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, 4.the commitment so that the pacification of the country may move further in the shortest possible time and that the South of the country may be supported in the contribution it gave to peace up to now, and fully included in the creation of a peaceful and prosperous country.
Ceasefire: No specific mention.
Police: No specific mention.
Armed forces: No specific mention.
DDR: No specific mention.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: No specific mention.
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: No specific mention.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

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: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: Sant Egidio, ‘Libya, Joint Declaration between the Touareg and Tebu Tribes supporting the Government of Serraj for National Pacification’, 21 April 2016, http://archive.santegidio.org/pageID/3/langID/en/itemID/16212/Libya-joint-declaration-of-the-Touareg-and-Tebou-tribes-supporting-the-the-Government-of-Serraj-for-national-pacification.html

Joint declaration of the representatives of Touareg and Tebou tribes in 4 points supporting the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement which recently took office in Tripoli

The representatives of the Tebou and Touareg tribes in Libya, on behalf of the National Movement of the Touareg Youth in the South and of the High Revolutionary Council of the Tebou in the South, who engaged in a long dialogue for a peaceful coexistence in the South of the country and who in the documents signed in Doha on the 22 November 2015 and in Rome on the 28 November 2015 confirmed their commitment for the peace process promoted by the UN Special Envoy for Libya;

Considering the recent evolution of the political situation and the hope of sorting out of the crisis and division in which our country happen to be since long;

Deeply convinced that only through dialogue it is possible to come out of the current crisis and throw the basis for a peaceful future in Libya;

Considering the common desire for a undivided, democratic and multicultural Libya, common house for all the Libyans;

Jointly declare:

1. our support to the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement, for which we hope full support from all the components and factions of the country in the shortest possible time;

2. our joint and confirmed support to the negotiation process promoted by the United Nations and specifically by UNISMIL for the pacification of our country, as already declared by both our delegations in the document signed in Rome on the 28 November 2015 by the Community of Sant’Egidio, for the sake of Southern Libya and of the whole country;

3. our serious call to all the Libyan factions and in particular to those who have not yet fully joined to the peace process promoted by UN, to overcome every particularism and to allow to the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement to exert its duties over the whole Libyan territory.

4. the commitment so that the pacification of the country may move further in the shortest possible time and that the South of the country may be supported in the contribution it gave to peace up to now, and fully included in the creation of a peaceful and prosperous country.

On behalf of the National Movement of the Touareg Youth in the South Aboubakr Akhat Mohammed Al-Amin

On behalf of of the High Revolutionary Council of the Tebou in the South Mabruk Jomode Elie Getty