Informes

Johannesburg. 22 February 2011. The situation in Libya is escalating with mass killings of protestors, resulting in the commission of crimes against humanity. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation calls upon the UN Security Council to invoke the principle of…

(New York – 22 February 2011) As the Secretary-General's Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the responsibility to protect, we are alarmed by the reports of mass violence coming from the Socialist People's Libyan…

End Attacks on Peaceful Protesters (New York) - Government security forces have killed at least 84 people in three days of protests in several cities in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today, based on telephone interviews with local hospital staff…

Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda item 6 Universal Periodic Review Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its ninth session from 1 to 12 November 2010. The review of…

(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) An important transit country for migrants en route to Europe as well as a destination for many African migrants, Libya has an estimated undocumented population of more than one million (UNHCR 2009). Under pressure…

GENÈVE, 15 octobre (HCR) - Le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés s'est entretenu avec le principal partenaire du HCR en Libye sur le problème urgent concernant la protection à assurer en faveur des réfugiés et des…

GENEVA, October 15 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has held talks with UNHCR's main partner in Libya on the pressing issue of ensuring protection for refugees and asylum-seekers caught in mixed migration flows from Africa to…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also be checked for regular…