Informes

‘Rule of the gun’ amid mounting war crimes by rival militias Lawless militias and armed groups on all sides of the conflict in western Libya are carrying out rampant human rights abuses, including war crimes, according to…

Executive summary The success of Libya’s 2011 revolution has given way to political disarray, an institutional vacuum, and an extraordinary proliferation of non-state and quasi-state armed groups operating across the country. However, rather than pursuing political or ideological…

24 October 2014 – The United Nations human rights office expressed “deep concern” today at reports of threats and intimidation directed against Libya’s national human rights institution, the National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights…

I. INTRODUCTION In its press statement PSC/PR/BR. (CDXXXVI), adopted at its 436th meeting, held on 23 May 2014, Council expressed its deep concern about the situation prevailing in Libya and strongly condemned all acts of violence in…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is proposing a cessation of military operations in the areas of Kikla and Qala in western Libya for at least four days, effective at 00:00 on 18 October…

Excellency, We, the undersigned organisations, would like to bring to your attention the ongoing grave and widespread abuses and violations of international human rights and violations of humanitarian law taking place in Libya. These include direct and…

Libya’s journalists are still among the leading victims of the political turmoil and violence that have been a constant ever since Col. Gaddafi’s overthrow in the 2011 revolution. Armed clashes are continuing despite an attempt by…

GENEVA (14 October 2014) – Human rights defenders, political activists, bloggers and media professionals have been under increasing attack from armed groups in Libya since mid-May, when fighting between rival factions intensified in and around Benghazi…

TUNIS, 14 October 2014 (IRIN) - In Zarzis, a small port city of some 70,000 in southeastern Tunisia, fishermen plying the Mediterranean have become inadvertent saviours, rescuing boatloads of illegal migrants to Europe setting out from…

Highlights Evacuation of over 250 migrants of different nationalities accomplished via Tunisia, Egypt or directly out of Tripoli Over 900 emergency relief kits distributed among people in need within Tripoli city area, departing migrants and those in detention…