Reports

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…

On 22 September 2021, the Foreign Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Heiko Maas, of the French Republic, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, and of the Italian Republic, Mr. Luigi Di Maio, co-chaired a Ministerial…

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…

Main highlights: UNHCR, as part of its quick-impact projects (QIPs) handed over two prefabricated containers to the Women’s Training and Empowerment Centre located at Hay Al Andalus in Tripoli. UNHCR donated one ambulance to the Bani Walid municipality…

Genève - Les autorités libyennes détiennent depuis des mois des centaines de migrants marocains dans des conditions de détention inhumaines sans justification légale, a déclaré l'Observatoire Euro-Méditerranéen des Droits de l'Homme aujourd'hui dans un communiqué. Des centaines…

Geneva – The Libyan authorities have been holding hundreds of Moroccan migrants for months in inhumane conditions of detention without legal justification, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement. Hundreds of Moroccan migrants detained in…

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…

Key Figures: 212,593 Libyans currently internally displaced (IDPs) 643,123 IDP returnees 41,897 registered refugees and asylumseekers 141 monitoring visits by UNHCR to detention centres in 2021 127 refugees and asylum-seekers released from detention in 2021 6,521 vulnerable refugees and asylumseekers departed since…

CHANGE IN CONTEXT The signing of the cease-fire agreement in October 2020 and the subsequent formation of the Government of National Unity in March 2021 laid the foundation for increased stability across Libya. With the cessation of…