The Arab Lawyers Union announces its support for the NATO Victims Association before the African Court
27-FEB-2019
The General Secretariat of the Arab Lawyers Union has announced its support for the Association of Victims of NATO and supported the legal procedures taken by the Association and expressed its readiness to put all its capabilities, consultations and legal expertise to bring cases before the African Court.
This came in a meeting that included: )Naser Cryon the Secretary General of the Union Khaled AL-khawildy President of the Association, Tawfiq Omar Noueiri Assistant Secretary of the Union, Ms. Fathia Hidali, Deputy Secretary-General of the African Lawyers’ Union, and Dr. Mohamed Zubaida, Chairman of the Association’s Legal Affairs Committee.
Nasser al-Kraiwen expressed the Secretariat’s readiness to assist the Association by providing legal advice, addressing NATO on crimes committed in Libya, highlighting the issue to international human rights organizations, and providing all support to the case of Libya.
Khalid al-Khuwaildi briefed the General Secretariat of the Union of Lawyers on the progress of the case, and the steps and procedures reached in the Belgian courts, and forward them to the Supreme Court, in preparation for referral to the European Court of Human Rights.
Al-Khuwaildi added, “The League is accelerating the process of filing a similar case against French President Sarkozy and the former prince of Qatar for their political, military and media roles in invading and destroying Libya since 2011, and the loss of thousands of victims, including mutilated martyrs and wounded, amputees and tumors as a result of using the Alliance. NATO for radioactive and internationally prohibited weapons.
Mohamed Zubaida, Chairman of the Association’s Legal Affairs Committee, gave a full explanation of the massacres and legal violations of Security Council resolutions and war crimes in Libya, and the use of depleted uranium, which the Libyans are suffering from its use these days.
The prevalence of cancer cases at unprecedented rates, The violations suffered by the Libyan people in the Diaspora like: The continued arbitrary detention of Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi in Lebanon, and many innocent honorable people.
Ms. Fathia Hidali, Deputy Secretary-General of the African Lawyers Union, expressed her support for the Victims Association with assistance and submission of the Victims’ File to the African Court.
