Reports

Libya is the main entry point for migrants attempting the journey to Europe via the Central Mediterranean route. Increased cooperation between the EU and Libya's migration management authorities has led to an increase in the number…

This is the third in a series of three 4Mi snapshots looking at the conjunction between smuggling and the risks and abuses faced by refugees and migrants moving through West and North Africa. It draws on…

This is the second in a series of three 4Mi snapshots looking at the conjunction between smuggling and the risks and abuses faced by refugees and migrants moving through West and North Africa. It draws on…

Geneva - The European Commission intends to continue providing Libyan authorities with material support instrumental for interceptions and detention of sea migrants despite late mass arrests, indiscriminate shootings and a recent UN report stating acts committed…

7 October 2021 Mohamed Auajjar, Chair of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Libya, this morning told the Human Rights Council that the Mission's investigations had established that all parties to the conflict in Libya since 2016,…

Benghazi, 23 September 2021 With representatives of the United Nations Country Team based in Benghazi, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Georgette Gagnon today concluded a four-day visit to Benghazi. Ms. Gagnon…

Mandate Renewal Key to Accountability for Past and Ongoing Violations in Libya (Geneva, September 21, 2021) – United Nations Human Rights Council member states, including Libya, should continue to support the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya by…

OVERVIEW In the first half of 2021, some 13,000 refugees and migrants crossed the sea from Libya to Europe (Italy and Malta), a 140 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2020. As in previous…

TRIPOLI, Libya – After a divorce following a violent marriage, Muna* found herself facing a different set of challenges. “I suffered abuse, mistreatment and discrimination,” she recounted. “It is the stigma that accompanies many divorced women…

AS PREPARED Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Let me begin by congratulating you and Ireland for assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. We are just over 100 days from 24 December, the parliamentary and…