The Efficacy of Lustration Laws Within the Pyramid of Accountability: Libya Compared
Chibli Mallat, The Yale Journal of International Law Online

I. INTRODUCTION

The massive, widespread revolutions of 2011 instilled hope across the twenty-five or so countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Totalitarian regimes were removed, and a new era beckoned. Alongside other modes of accountability, including the trials of former officials, the new Libyan government implemented lustration laws to assist the passage to a post-Qaddafi era. more