Reports

GENÈVE - L'Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) et le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) lancent un appel d'urgence à tous les gouvernements pour l'évacuation humanitaire massive de dizaines de milliers d'Egyptiens et de ressortissants d'autres…

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) provides jurisdiction to the International Criminal Court over the situation in Libya. The Office of the Prosecutor has to now decide whether an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in Libya since 15…

GENÈVE - Le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés António Guterres a fait part de sa préoccupation pour les dizaines de milliers de réfugiés et d'autres ressortissants étrangers qui pourraient être pris au piège en Libye. « Il…

Saturday's Security Council referral of Libya to the International Criminal Court marks a historic moment in accountability for crimes under international law, Amnesty International said today. The Security Council's vote came after a plea for action from Libya's own UN…

Egyptians and Libyan Refugees Continue to Pour Across Tunisian Border (Ras Ijdir, Tunisia, February 27, 2011) - There have been few, if any, abuses by the police in the city of Zuwara, 109 kilometers west of Tripoli, during and since…

Security Council SC/10187 6491st Meeting* (PM) Situation Referred to International Criminal Court; Secretary-General Expresses Hope Message 'Heard and Heeded' in Libya Deploring what it called "the gross and systematic violation of human rights" in strife-torn Libya, the Security Council this…

Pro-Gaddafi Thugs Terrorize Egyptian Migrants, Causing Flight to Tunisia (Ras Ijdir, Tunisia, February 26, 2011) - Libyan security forces and pro-government groups in the western city of Zawiyah have violently attacked anti-government protesters and Egyptian migrant workers, Human Rights Watch said…

BRUSSELS/NEW YORK, 26 February 2011 - UNICEF is deeply concerned by reports that children and adolescents have been killed or injured in the escalating violence that is affecting a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa. "No…

Introduction Thousands of people are fleeing from Libya, following the escalating unrest and violence in the country. Most people are leaving Libya overland to Egypt and Tunisia, but there are also departures by land, air and sea to other countries.…

ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Human Rights Council Fifteenth special session 25 February 2011 The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and relevant international human rights instruments, and relevant international law, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of…