International Commission of Jurists
Libya: Human Rights Council takes important first steps, international community must continue to act

Libya: Human Rights Council takes important first steps, international community must continue to act

Feb 25, 2011 | News

The ICJ welcomes the adoption today by the UN Human Rights Council of one of the strongest resolutions in the short history of the five-year old Council.

During a special session on the situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the ICJ had called on the Human Rights Council to take the strongest possible action in response to the gross and systematic human rights violations being committed in Libya.

Libya-HRC-humanrightsviolations-news-2011 (full text, PDF)

Libya: unarmed civilians must be protected

Libya: unarmed civilians must be protected

Feb 22, 2011 | News

The ICJ today called on the Libyan authorities to immediately end the ongoing gross human rights violations committed by security forces and pro-government militia against the civilian population in Libya.

The ICJ also urged the international community to take robust measures to end the deadly attacks against Libyan demonstrators and to ensure the immediate protection of civilians.

Libya-humanrightsviolations-news-2011 (full text, PDF)

UK: New agreement with Libya on deportation of terrorist suspects

Nov 8, 2005

On 18 October, the UK signed an agreement with Libya that no one deported by the UK to Libya will be ill-treated. This follows a similar agreement with Jordan in August. Human rights groups have argued such “diplomatic assurances” violate the obligation of states not...
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