Libya
Africa · ISO LBY
Libya is placed in the UN geoscheme region Africa. This record shows its status under five heritage-protection and international criminal law instruments, as listed on the UNESCO and United Nations Treaty Collection registers on 11 October 2026.
Commitments
Status as shown on the official registers on the date we checked. Joining a treaty is a legal commitment; it does not show how well it is kept.
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention, 1954)Party · ratification · 18 November 1957
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (First Protocol, 1954)Party · ratification · 18 November 1957
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999)Party · accession · 19 July 2001
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, 1972)Party · ratification · 13/10/1978 (R)
WHC page footnote 6 on Libya concerns the form of the country name.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)Not listed
Not listed among the signatories or parties in the UN Treaty Collection participants table at the access date.
Source: United Nations Treaty Collection
Instruments not shown here have not been researched yet. They are not assumed to be absent.
Sites
- Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna — North Africa (Mediterranean coast)
- Archaeological Site of Cyrene — North Africa (Mediterranean coast, Cyrenaica / Jebel Akhdar)
Sources
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - status of ratification (Chapter XVIII.10) — United Nations Treaty Collection · Tier 1: official or primary record · Page states: status as at 11-10-2026
Note: Official depositary record. Table read in the built-in browser on 2026-10-11; bracketed entries and footnotes were read as shown.
- States Parties - UNESCO World Heritage Convention — UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Tier 1: official or primary record · Page states: as of 22-Oct-2024
Note: The page states its own as-of date as 22-Oct-2024 (196 States Parties); entries were read on 2026-10-11 and later changes, if any, may not be shown.
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
Note: The page shows no as-of date; tables were read on 2026-10-11 (138 States Parties).
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (First Protocol, 1954) (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
Note: The page shows no as-of date; tables were read on 2026-10-11 (115 States Parties).
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
Note: The page shows no as-of date; tables were read on 2026-10-11 (94 States Parties).
- Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49) - overview — United Nations Statistics Division · Tier 1: official or primary record
Note: Used only for the region label (UN geoscheme region) and the ISO alpha-3 code. Placement in a region implies no political or other affiliation.
Last checked against the registers October 11, 2026 · Approved by Harry Disley on October 11, 2026