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1 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/wflron1 and id is 1 raw text is: NEW BEGINNINGS: A HYBRID APPROACH TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN LIBYA Elizabeth B. Ludwin King* On October 20, 2011, rebel forces killed Muammar Gaddafi, thereby ending an eight-month civil war as well as Gaddafi's forty- two-year rule over Libya.1 The National Transitional Council (NTC), the interim government, has a huge task before it- establishing a democracy where one has never existed. Part of this task will entail grappling with crimes committed both during the civil war and throughout Gaddafi's reign. Building a new government has its challenges, but the situation in post-conflict Libya presents complications that will impact the way the new government handles the crimes of the former regime. Given these obstacles, the NTC should seek international assistance as it develops a transitional justice plan. A hybrid approach to accountability, involving both local and international actors, will put Libya on stronger footing as it emerges on the global stage as a renewed country. The civil war that ended in October 2011 began eight months earlier during the Arab Spring, in which people throughout the Middle East stood up against their governments and fought for a change in regime.2 Bolstered by the success of protesters in Tunisia and Egypt, Libyans seized the moment and rose up against Muammar Gaddafi, the despot who had ruled the country with an iron fist for over four decades.3 Known for suppressing opposition with extrajudicial executions, torture, and public trials, Gaddafi was just as ruthless during the uprising. He ordered attacks on peaceful * Visiting Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law. 1. Neil MacFarquhar, An Erratic Leader, Brutal and Defiant until the End, N.Y. TIMES (Oct. 20, 2011), htt://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/world/ africa/a addafi-killed-as -hometown-falls -to-libyan-robels.htmlDagewanted=a1. 2. See generally Gary Blight, Sheila Pulham & Gary Torpey, Arab Spring: An Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests, THE GUARDIAN (Oct. 20, 2011, 5:40 EDT), http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/midddle- east-protest-interactive-timeline (providing an infographic timeline of Middle East uprisings). 3. Richard Boudreaux, Eccentric and Brutal, He Met His End as a Fugitive, WALL ST. J. (Oct. 21, 2011), htt'://online.wsi.com/article/ SB10001424052970203752604576643061691909524.html. 1

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