Khaled K. El-Hamedi

The Belgian Court of Cassation decided that immunity of international organisations can be waived if the latter don’t set up an internal mechanism accessible for citizens who suffered harm as a result of the actions undertaken by the organisation. NATO does not have such mechanism in relation to its actions in Libya.

Khaled El Hamedi will therefore continue his fight for accountability for NATO for the injustice inflicted upon his family. The legal team is examining the possibility for further legal action in Belgium and if necessary in the European Court of Human Rights. But khaled’s struggle opens also the road for all other victims of NATO. That is why Khaled decided to establish with many others who suffered from NATO crimes in Libya, the Association of Victims of NATO and War on Libya

The Association of Victims of NATO and War on Libya (www.ANVWL.com) Beginning of 2018 Khaled ElHamedi officially announced in his capacity as the president the Formation of The Association of the Victims of NATO and War on Libya ( ANVWL) an NGO defending human rights, in general, and Libyan citizen human rights, in particular, supporting the rights of the families that sustained damage from the military intervention of NATO war against Libya in 2011 through enlightening the international community of what really happened in Libya aiming to recognize the rights of war victims to address and support their legal rights to pursue war criminals which are based on international agreements and declarations, humanity values and principles and the traditions of civilized nations and peoples.

Unfortunately, the Brussels Court of Appeal decided on November 23, 2017 to uphold the immunity of NATO missing thus a historic opportunity to make a big leap forward in the enforcement of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. The Brussels Court of Appeal decide that the immunity granted to NATO was an acceptable restriction of the right to access to a Court. The immunity, according to the Court of Appeal was proportionate to the aim pursued by it: allow an international organisation to realise its goals. In order to take that decision, the Brussels Appeal Court relied on Dutch case law regarding immunity for UN bleu helmetsthe Association of Victims of NATO and War on Libya

Independent observers who visited the site later did not find any evidence of any military and/or communication equipment being present. In a communication on February 15, 2012 to the President of the Commission of Inquiry on Libya (COIL), installed later by the United Nations Human Rights Council, NATO’s legal advisor M. Peter Olson states on the contrary that NATO did not have any reliable source of information on the ground but remains convinced that the home of General El-Khweldi El-Hamedi and his son Khaled was a legitimate target. The UN COIL found these explanations insufficient and concluded that NATO had not provided the necessary information to allow the Commission of Inquiry to examine whether the bombing of the family home was compatible with the laws of war and especially with international humanitarian law.

As President of IOPCR, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with special consultative status on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN),[2] El-Hamedi stimulated the activities of the organization in many humanitarian fields around the globe. In March 2002, he went to Kuwait to help handle the issue of Kuwaiti prisoners of war and those reported missing in action during the Iraq War, as well as heading the 'No to war, Yes to peace' Campaign to deliver aid to the children of Iraq. He also raised a tent at the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egyptian – Palestine border under the slogan 'Stop The Bleeding' as a protest over Israel's January 2009 invasion of the Gaza Strip.[6] IOPCR has engaged in various forms of aid work in Algeria, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, Bosnia as well as made local contributions to different care centers throughout Libya such as orphanages and homes for the elderly. During recent years El-Hamedi has achieved agreements with a number of International Organizations working in the field of humanitarian relief such as The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), The Italian Council for Refugees (CIR),[9] The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),[10] - Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), The International Islamic Relief Organization (IR), and The International Organization for Migration (IOM).[11] In cooperation with the UNHCR he has made illegal migration among the top priorities of the organization[12][13][14] along with handling refugees cases in partnership with (UNRWA).[15] The intervention in Libya On March 17, 2011.

the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973, spearheaded by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, authorizing military intervention in Libya. On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya. The military operations began, with American and British naval forces firing over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles,the French Air Force, British Royal Air Force, and Royal Canadian Air Force undertaking sorties across Libya and a naval blockade by Coalition forces. French jets launched air strikes against Libyan Army tanks and vehicles.

The intervention in Libya in 2011 was claimed to have been a triumph, More than seven years after the intervention it has shown that the way a coalition of NATO and other states implemented resolution 1973 was not in accordance with that resolution and therefore violated international law. Libya has become one of the largest black market arms suppliers in the world, and by far the largest supplier to Daesh “ ISIS” in the region, since the Western under nato’s intervention in 2011. More importantly, it is a cautionary tale of the West's failed adventurism.

The Sorman Massacre On June 20, 2011 at 2.30 am NATO warplanes bombed the residential house of General El-Khweldi El-Hamedi in Sorman- Libya where Where Khaled El Hamedi and his family lived, the building that was served as the home to the El Hamedi family was turned into rubble, killing 13 people of El-Hamedi’s family, the wife of Khaled El Hamedi Safae azwai and his two little children Khaleda and Alkhweldi, his little niece Salam, his Aunt Najia, his cousin Mohamed, his neighbors children and workers at his family’s home eerie all killed in the attack.

There are numerous victims in Libya, but Khaled’s family has a special situation. The house was bombed after a telephone call between the French president Sarkozy and General El-Khweldi El-Hamedi offering the general the presidency of Libya as a deal if he agrees to step out from the regime and stand against Gaddafi On June 21, 2011,NATO-spokesperson Wing Commander Mike Bracken declared that the attack aimed a communication centre, that precision bombs were used to avoid damage or harm caused to civilians. He also declared that the target was chosen after extensive intelligence collection, observation and reconnaissance.

The team used a report from NATO intelligence analysts who determined that General El-Khweldi El-Hamedi Khaled‘s father, one of the original members of the 1969 AlFateh Revolutionary Command Council was living on the property, and his assassination had been ordered by NATO because they hoped to weaken the regime in some way specially after he rejected the Sarkozy offer to him. After the death his family and the collapse of Tripoli Khaled and his remaining A-life family left Libya , he accused by the rebels and the formed National transactional council and the governing members of Muslim brotherhood of leading troops and participating in killing civilians , which all were fabricated accusations to allow them to go after El-Khweldi El-Hamedi and his son Khaled and request their arrest to claim victory In doing so in-front of their supporters to cover for their failure and claim victory by bringing honorable people to their fake justice and failure system of justice leaving the country in a big mess managed by the strongest rebel of weapon holders and smugglers, this never came to reality as the honorable history of General El-Khweldi El-Hamedi alone is good enough to proof all their accusations wrong U.N ended mandate for NATO operations in Libya The U.N. Security Council canceled its authorization for a seven-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and destroying the country and turn it into an armed rebel war zone , NATO concluded their intervention in Libya on 31 October 2011.

Khaled El Hamedi carried out his grief and demanded that NATO to be held accountable for the annihilation of his entire family, in October 2011 Khaled submitted a case to the Brussels Court of First Instance demanding that the Court rules that NATO was to be held responsible for the killing of his family during the attack on his house in June 2011. NATO declined the jurisdiction of the Belgian Courts and invoked the immunity granted in the 1951 Otawa agreement that established NATO. The Belgian government however decided to intervene in the case to speak on behalf of NATO. In October 2012 the Court of First Instance upheld NATO’s immunity and dismissed the demand of Khaled El Hamedi. The latter appealed for the accountability in line with both national and international laws, In particular the immunity of NATO is in violation of the right of access to a Court, enshrined i.a. in the European Human Rights Convention and other international human rights and instruments.

• El-Hamedi was born on 31 December 1973 in Tripoli, Libya. He grew up in the city and received his Bachelor of Engineering Science with a major in Computing in 1996 from the Faculty of Engineering at Tripoli's AlFatah University. In 2001 he obtained a master's degree in Business Administration in Telecommunications from the International University in Geneva, Switzerland, having passed with high distinction. • El-Hamedi has established the National Consulting and Inspection Bureau in the year 1997, and developed the National Bureau to become a holding company