Reports

HIGHLIGHTS 30,000 IDPs received humanitarian aid since August 2014 5,673 Persons provided assistance and NFIs following rescue at sea or inside immigration detention centres in 2014 13,497 Persons received medical assistance in 2014

GENEVA (17 February 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday said the mass beheading of 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians and apparently another Christian man in Libya was a “vile…

16 February 2015 – Strongly condemning the killing of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by an affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security…

All Sides Using Military Action Should Spare Civilians (New York) – The brutal killing of 21 mostly Egyptian Coptic Christians held captive by a Libyan extremist group was a war crime for which those responsible must be…

The horrific execution-style killing of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya by the group calling itself the Tripoli Province of Islamic State is a war crime and an attack on the fundamental principles of humanity, Amnesty International…

Italy - As violence escalates in Libya, IOM is calling on world governments to act swiftly to face the growing threat to migrants. Over 1,600 have been rescued from unseaworthy boats on the Mediterranean Sea since…

I. Introduction The present report is submitted following my report of 5 September 2014 (S/2014/653), in which I informed the Security Council of my request that the United Nations Secretariat conduct a review of the United Nations…

Summary The present report on the situation of human rights in Libya and related technical support and capacity-building needs is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 25/37 of 28 March 2014. Libya is facing the worst political…

Libya: Journalists Under Attack Assaulted, Kidnapped, and Killed with Impunity (Tunis) – Various armed groups in Libya have violently attacked, kidnapped, intimidated, threatened, and killed Libyan journalists with impunity over the past two years, causing many to flee…

February 2015 Introduction Detention Policy Detention Infrastructure Facts and Figures INTRODUCTION With Libya experiencing large-scale internal displacement as the country becomes increasingly engulfed in civil war, migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees are finding themselves systematically exposed to arbitrary and indefinite detention in…