Will Libya’s judicial divorce bury the UNSMIL roadmap for good?

The ink on UNSMIL’s latest political roadmap is barely dry, yet the United Nations mission is already sounding the alarm over a “constitutional division” that threatens to tear the country’s last unified institution—the judiciary—asunder. The recent escalations between Tripoli and Benghazi over the Supreme Court’s legitimacy are not merely technical disagreements; they are a calculated veto against the electoral process. However, the international community’s response remains stagnant. Major foreign players in the Libyan file appear to have overlooked the gravity of this judicial collapse, their attention diverted by the latest twists of Trumpism and a shifting global order. By allowing the UN sponsored Structured Dialogue to be threatened by legal hurdles, these powers are once again watching as Libya’s transition […]