Rapports

60 people remain in captivity and must be released immediately On Friday, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for the immediate release of 60 people being held in captivity by armed…

Population movement As of 8 October, 8,998 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) and disembarked in Libya. UNHCR and its partner, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), continue…

Tripoli, Libya, October 8, 2020 — Over the past six months, close to 500* children have been intercepted at sea and brought back to Libya after trying to reach safety in Europe, data from the International…

Ministerial meeting on Libya 5 October 2020 Co-chairpersons’ summary On 5 October 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, and the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Heiko Maas, co-chaired a Ministerial meeting…

[as delivered] Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for participating in this meeting. I would like to thank Germany for co-chairing this meeting with the United Nations and for its leadership demonstrated through the Berlin process. Resolving the crisis in…

A “rare opportunity” for peace in Libya should be seized by all those involved directly or indirectly in the conflict, António Guterres said on Monday, at a High-Level virtual meeting convened to end the fighting. “Libya’s future…

Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Guinea-Bissau and Guyana The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue with the Fact-finding Mission on Libya. It also adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Guinea-Bissau and…

SC/14316 Condemning All Human Trafficking, Members Unanimously Adopt Resolution 2546 (2020) Condemning all migrant smuggling and human trafficking off the coast of Libya today, the Security Council renewed for another year its authorization for Member States to inspect…

Population movement As of 30 September, 8,898 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) and disembarked in Libya. The second half of September has seen a dramatic increase…

GENEVA (2 October 2020) – The UN Human Rights Office is calling for urgent action to address the dire situation of migrants attempting to cross the central Mediterranean Sea in search of safety in Europe and…