17. 利比亚自 2004 年起一直是《联合国打击跨国有组织犯罪公约关于防止、禁止和惩治贩运人口特别是妇女和儿童行为的补充议定书》和《联合国打击跨国有组织犯罪公约关于打击陆、海、空偷运移民的补充议定书》的缔约国。为了创造条件推动利比亚海岸警卫队和海军逐步在利比亚领海自主执行这些议定书，欧盟海军地中海索菲亚行动自 2017 年 6 月起即逐步摆出退居二线的姿态，将工作重点转向通过提供设备支持能力建设。索菲亚行动报告，利比亚海岸警卫队和海军越来越多地在利比亚领海内外行使海岸警卫队的全部职能，包括执行搜索和拦截行动，主要在的黎波里、胡姆斯和米苏拉塔开展行动。
17. Since 2004, Libya has been a State party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and th e Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. To create conditions for the Libyan coastguard and navy to progressively take ownership of the implementation of those Protocols within the territorial sea of Libya, EUNAVFOR MED operation SOPHIA, from June 2017, gradually assumed a second-line posture that has centred on capacity-building efforts supported by the provision of equipment. The operation reported that the Libyan coastguard and navy had increasingly exercised all coastguard functions in the territorial sea of Libya and beyond, including carrying out search and interception operations, operating mainly from Tripoli, Khums and Misratah.