Factional government and united nations global initiatives’ fight against human trafficking in Libya

Abstract

The study focuses on Factional Government and United Nations Global Initiatives (UN.GIFT) fight against human trafficking in Libya. The study observes that Libya’s fragmented political scene posed persistent obstacles to United Nations Global Initiatives (UN.GIFT). Trying to respond to the problem, the U.N. has sought to gain the buy-in of important local constituencies - rightly so, given that local conflicts are a crucial element of the struggles at the national level. Yet, in their search for credible local representatives, mediators have faced increasingly fractious communities. The study found out that fragmented government in Libya’s created a political scene that posed persistent obstacles to UN.GIFT due to the ongoing conflict between rival groups with its own parliament and government seeking control of the territory of Libya. It recommends among others that U.N. should broker a lasting peace which ought to overshadow competing peace conferences sponsored by various foreign governments. Meanwhile, The porosity of Libya’s borders should be controlled particularly in the southern Fezzan in other to reduce trafficking and smuggling of illicit materials, including weapons.