Libya

Population Statistics

6,411,776

Total Population

961,766

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

13 February 2018

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Law No. 4 on the Election of the General National Congress (2012)

Updated: June 2015

Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage (2011)

Updated: June 2015

Zaykum Zayna: COVID-19 Public Service Announcement

Updated: April 2020

This video by Libyan disabled people's organization Zaykum Zayna uses Libyan Arabic Sign Language with English subtitles to describe COVID-19, its origin, how it spreads, how people can protect themselves, ...

Rights Unite documentary (Libyan Arabic Sign Language)

Updated: February 2018

A documentary was produced in 2018 to highlight the "Rights Unite" campaign to raise awareness of political rights of persons with disabilities in Libya. The documentary is available in Arabic, ...

Rights Unite documentary (Arabic)

Updated: February 2018

A documentary was produced in 2018 to highlight the "Rights Unite" campaign to raise awareness of political rights of persons with disabilities in Libya. The documentary is available in Arabic, ...

Rights Unite documentary (English)

Updated: February 2018

A documentary was produced in 2018 to highlight the "Rights Unite" campaign to raise awareness of political rights of persons with disabilities in Libya. The documentary is available in Arabic, ...

Interview with Mohamed Osman

Interview with Mohamed Osman

Updated: September 2017

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) conducted a training of Libyan journalists in April 2017 to sensitize them to rights-based reporting methods. This interview was conducted with one of ...

Interview with Abdelraouf Shanab

Updated: September 2017

In April 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) interviewed Abdelraouf Shanab, a Libyan disability rights advocate who participated in IFES' Disability Rights, Media, and Elections training from the ...

Disability Rights Awareness

Updated: June 2017

In 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held a training on Media Empowering Disabilitiy Inclusion and ...

Electoral Lexicon in Sign Language

Electoral Lexicon in Sign Language

Updated: January 2016

In 2015, a team of Deaf leaders and sign language interpreters from Libya worked with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) to develop more than 200 standard vocabulary terms ...