Criminal Protection of Digital Evidence in Libyan Legislation

Abstract

One of the most crucial contemporary topics in criminal law is the admissibility of digital evidence before a criminal judge. While most research has focused on its procedural aspects, strength, and probative value in evidence, our study sheds light on the substantive criminal law aspects of digital evidence, specifically concerning the criminalization and punishment of offenses against criminal digital evidence. We will explore the main means provided for the substantive confrontation of crimes involving the alteration of judicial evidence, the purpose behind criminalizing such attacks, the patterns of criminal behavior stipulated by the Libyan legislator, and the resulting criminal outcome, along with the prescribed criminal sanctions.