مجلة دراسات الإنسان و المجتمع

This study examined the impact of armed groups on the democratic transition in Libya after the revolution of February 17, 2011, which led to the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime due to the war. The failure of the democratic transition process, and to explain the phenomenon of the study, a descriptive and analytical approach was used. The study aims to know what armed groups are and what is the extent of their impact on the security situation and political institutions and their reflection on the democratic transition process in Libya. Among the most important findings of this research is that democratic transformation in general can only be achieved on condition of security and political stability, and that despite raising the slogan of establishing a civil and democratic state, holding parliamentary elections, and building an elected legislative institution and a government emanating from it, armed groups are not subject to the authority of Parliament and the elected government. Transformed into armed groups obstructing the process of democratic transformation by imposing their will by force of arms on political institutions and exploiting the weakness of emerging political institutions, blackmailing them and threatening their members; Based on the results of the study, the study suggested a set of recommendations, perhaps the most important of which are: -Dissolving armed groups and annexing their members and weapons to the regular military establishment. -Working on holding general elections to unify political institutions. - Establishing a national reconciliation committee with the support of the United Nations to involve all segments of the Libyan people, in all their tendencies and political spectrums, and ideological belief in the civil state in the new democratic political process