Rapports

Geneva, 25 February 2011 (Mr. José -Luis Gómez del Prado, Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples to self-determination) Mr. President,…

In an unprecedented move, the United Nations Human Rights Council has acted to suspend one of its members. The Human Rights Council has unanimously sought to invoke rules governed by the United Nations General Assembly to suspend Libya's membership from…

Geneva, 25 February 2011 Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I commend the initiative of this Council to hold a special session on the situation of human rights in the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The gravity…

Elizabeth Arrott | Musaid, Libya Groups opposed to Liyban leader Moammar Gadhafi say they are in control of most of the eastern part of the country and plan to keep pushing until the current government is gone. The opposition says…

Libyan diplomats at the United Nations in Geneva announced Friday that they were defecting to the opposition, dealing another blow to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. A diplomat in the Libyan delegation to the U.N. said the entire mission was quitting…

BY DANIEL KORSKI WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER ECFR POLICY FELLOWS - 25 FEB 11 Each set of developments in the Middle East - from the uprisings in Tunisia to the military coup in Egypt to the protests in Jordan -…

The collapse of the Greek asylum system and the pressure on the borders of Southern Europe from insurgencies in North Africa shows that the EU is not geared to manage migration flows into Europe. Refugee rights must not be…

25-02-2011Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a preliminary emergency appeal for 6 million Swiss francs ($6.4 million USD / €4.7 million) to meet the emergency needs of people affected by the violent…

Advance Unedited Version Human Rights Council Fifteenth special session 25 February 2011 I. Resolution adopted by the Council at its fifteenth special session S-15/1. Situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration…

Johannesburg. 25 February 2011. African Governments' appalling lack of pressure to force Libyan Leader, Muammar Gaddafi, to halt the violence and step down, reflects persistent inadequacies in the African Union (AU). Their failure to act decisively threatens progress towards democracy…