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THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 Protect people’s rights in accordance with IHL and IHRL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2 Support inclusive, safe and dignified access to basic services for vulnerable households and communities STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3 Strengthen the humanitarian…

Highlights In 2017, an estimated 1.3 million people including 439,000 children were in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in Libya due to the continued conflict, insecurity, and the collapsing economy. The periodic escalations of armed conflict that…

IDP Response – 2017 Highlights In 2017, UNHCR provided humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees, e.g. through distributing core-relief items to 59,295 IDPs and returnees and undertaking cash-based interventions for over 2,040 households. All UNHCR…

On 16 December, the cohort of Libyan women, trained by UNMAS on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Risk Awareness, organized the first SALW National Awareness Day in Libya where they raised awareness on small arms…

SECURITY COUNCIL 8122ND MEETING* (AM) SC/13105 Expressing grave concern about reports of migrants being sold into slavery in Libya, the Security Council today condemned such actions as heinous abuses of human rights and possible crimes against humanity, and called…

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salamé, calls for the protection of all…

SC/13061 8091ST MEETING (AM) Detailing two additional arrest warrants for grave crimes in Libya, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court reaffirmed to the Security Council today that her Office continued its crucial work in the strife-filled…

Over 200 million women and girls across the world have been subjected to female genital mutilation, while three million are estimated to be at risk each year. CATANIA, Italy – Aisha (not her real name) was seven…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. For over a week,…

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 27 September 2017 Hears Address by the President of the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in…