On 18 February, Libya’s Supreme Judicial Council strongly condemned what it described as the storming of its headquarters in Tripoli by groups linked to the Court of Cassation, accusing them of imposing a fait accompli and unlawfully usurping judicial authority. The council said the incident amounted to ‘the ugliest form of impersonation of legal jurisdiction’ and reflected deliberate attempts to deepen divisions within Libya’s already fractured judicial system. It stressed that such actions undermine the rule of law and threaten the independence of the judiciary.
