Reports

Civilians in Western Libya Need Medical Aid Now (New York) - The Libyan government and opposition forces should immediately grant aid agencies safe passage to violence-stricken areas of western Libya and allow civilians to flee the fighting, Human Rights Watch said…

Briefing Notes, 8 March 2011 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 8 March 2011, at the Palais des…

March 8, 2011 Author: Deborah Jerome, Deputy Editor Libyan government warplanes pounded the oil port of Ras Lanouf (WSJ), stepping up a campaign to push rebel forces east and check their advance to Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte. As…

On instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia organized the delivery of humanitarian aid to refugees from Libya, who were forced in the territory of the Republic of Tunisia. EMERCOM plane IL-76 has…

Rome 08 March 2011 On Minister Frattini's instructions, the Foreign Ministry's Development Cooperation Directorate is continuing in its efforts to respond to the humanitarian emergency caused by the flight of refugees from Libya to Egypt and Tunisia. An effort that…

IWPR Comment By Simon Jennings - International Justice - ICC ACR Issue 290, 8 Mar 11 The unanimous decision of the United Nations Security Council to refer the Libyan case to the International Criminal Court, ICC, has been broadly welcomed by the…

08-03-2011 Interview Since the outbreak of violence in Libya on 15 February 2011, tens of thousands of people have crossed the border into Tunisia in a bid to escape the fighting. Jean-Michel Monod, head of the ICRC's regional delegation in…

March 8, 2011 -The International Rescue Committee is deeply concerned about the security and humanitarian situation for civilians in violence-torn western regions of Libya, as fighting intensifies between pro-government and opposition forces. "There is currently no way to deliver humanitarian aid…

Ottawa, Ontario - Today, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced further details of Canada's humanitarian assistance for those affected by the continued crisis in Libya. As the crisis continues in Libya, the United Nations has completed its…

Abstract After being wondrously jolted by the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the world watches Libya anxiously. Its neighbors on either side have carried out the once unthinkable. They have toppled sturdy old Arab dictatorships in weeks flat through, by…