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26 February 2021
LIBYA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Libya. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
World Food Programme. Logistics Cluster.
Date of Document:
27 July 2018
Accessed Date:
9 December 2019
Title:
Libye. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Libya. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 February 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Libye. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2019
Title:
Origins of the Libyan Conflict and Options for Its Resolution
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
21 May 2019
Author:
Jonathan M. Winer
Accessed Date:
9 December 2019
Title:
Libya: Country Information Package. Version 1.2.
Source:
Law Enforcement Training For Capacity Building
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
4 January 2021
Accessed Date:
17 February 2021
Title:
Desperate and Dangerous: Report on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees in Libya
Source:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 December 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
UNHCR Position on Returns to Libya – Update II
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Libya
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
Accessed Date:
29 January 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Women. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
UNHCR Position on the Designations of Libya as a Safe Third Country and as a Place of Safety for the Purpose of Disembarkation Following Rescue at Sea
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Libya
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Présentation de la Libye
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
23 November 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Country of origin information report on Libya
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
General Report Libya: Human Rights Situation
Source:
Romanian National Council for Refugees
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
17 March 2020
Title:
Libya. Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
17 February 2021
Title:
Libya. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1973 (2011)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
9 December 2019
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Investigation by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya: detailed findings
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 February 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Situation of human rights in Libya, and the effectiveness of technical assistance and capacity-building measures received by the Government of Libya
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1: Libya
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/1
Date of Document:
18 August 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Libya
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 February 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Multi-Sector Needs Assessment
Source:
REACH Initiative et al.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Human Rights In Libya: During And After Gaddafi
Source:
Mondaq; Karbal & Co
Date of Document:
12 October 2020
Accessed Date:
17 February 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law Number (24) for 2010/1378 on the Libyan Nationality
Accessed Date:
1 February 2013
Title:
Identification documents, including national identity cards (NID) and birth certificates; requirements and procedures for obtaining and renewing identity documents, both within the country and abroad; availability of fraudulent document...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 December 2013
Title:
Libya: Nationality, Registration and Documents
Date of Document:
19 December 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Title:
Libya. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Refugees Country Briefing: Libya.
Source:
Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education et al.
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Civil Registry Authority (CRA), including current areas of operation and leadership; types of documents produced by the registry, including ability to access the documents; service levels, disruptions and attacks (November 2015-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2016
Accessed Date:
19 December 2016
Title:
Citizenship on hold: Undetermined legal status and implications for Libya's peace process
Source:
European Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Libya's Unhealthy Focus on Personalities. Middle East and North Africa Briefing N°57.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
8 May 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Libya's Islamists: Who They Are - And What They Want
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
The War Report 2017. Libya: A Short Guide on the Conflict.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
The Zintan brigade, including areas of operation and its relationship with the government; whether it is involved in instances of human rights abuses
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 June 2013
Accessed Date:
19 December 2013
Title:
How Libya's Fezzan Became Europe's New Border. Middle East and North Africa Report N°179.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 July 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Information on the anti-Gaddafi revolutionary (rebel) groups Jaduh and Yufferin, including background and activities; state protection offered to anti-Gaddafi rebel groups by the current regime (2010-December 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2014
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Title:
Treatment of former prisoners who are deemed to be anti-Qaddafi by members of General Khalifa Haftar's coalition or by Qaddafi loyalists; state protection offered to these former prisoners by the current regime (2010-December 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Title:
Libya's Next Elections: A Step Forward or a Step Back?
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
17 August 2018
Author:
Alexandra A. Decina et al.
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Libya. Majlis Al-Nuwaab (House of Representatives).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
21 February 2017
Accessed Date:
19 December 2018
Title:
Fleshing Out the Libya Ceasefire Agreement. Middle East and North Africa Briefing N°80.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 November 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Actual or perceived supporters of former President Gaddafi. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libye : Informations sur différentes milices présentes à Benghazi
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 January 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Libya: Conflict, Transition, and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
26 June 2020
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Activists Being Silenced
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 July 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Insecurity and Governance Challenges in Southern Libya
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
30 March 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Southern Libya Destabilized: The Case of Ubari
Source:
Small Arms Survey; Security Assessment North Africa.
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Libya: Heavy weaponry used to disperse peaceful protesters demanding economic rights
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 August 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Armed Groups Violently Quell Protests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 September 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Addressing the Rise of Libya's Madkhali-Salafis. Middle East and North Africa Report N°200.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
25 April 2019
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Libya. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services (2011-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 December 2013
Title:
Libya. Gender Justice & The Law
Source:
United Nations Development Programme
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
The Situation of Women in Libya
Source:
Jusoor Center for Studies and Development
Date of Document:
8 March 2017
Author:
Hala Bugaighis et al.
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Libya Country Report: Children and Security
Source:
The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative et al.
Date of Document:
31 January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Libya: Silenced Voices: Libyan Women Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 July 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Libyan Women Married to Foreign Nationals: Oppression and Stateless Children.
Source:
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Social Security Laws in Libya: A Gender-Based Perspective
Source:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung;Washm Women Studies Center
Author:
Abeir Imneina; Omelez Alfarsi
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities, including legislation; treatment by society and authorities; state protection and available services (2011-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 July 2014
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Special Case: Libya. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya's Terrorism Challenge: Assessing the Salafi-Jihadi Threat. Policy Paper 2017-1.
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Libya. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Shifting sands — Libya's changing drug trafficking dynamics on the coastal and desert borders
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime; European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
The Human Conveyor Belt : trends in human trafficking and smuggling in post-revolution Libya
Source:
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
March 2017
Editor:
Tuesday Reitano; Laura Adal
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Lost in Trans-Nation: Tubu and Other Armed Groups and Smugglers along Libya's Southern Border
Source:
Small Arms Survey et al.
Date of Document:
December 2018
Author:
Jérôme Tubiana; Claudio Gramizzi
Editor:
Matt Johnson; Tania Inowlocki
Accessed Date:
30 January 2019
Title:
Libya. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory.
Date of Document:
15 June 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libya's relentless militia war: Civilians harmed in the battle for Tripoli, April - August 2019
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Kingdom of Militias: Libya's Second War of Post-Qadhafi Succession
Source:
Italian Institute for International Political Studies
Date of Document:
31 May 2019
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Capital of Militias: Tripoli's Armed Groups Capture the Libyan State
Source:
Small Arms Survey; Security Assessment in North Africa
Date of Document:
June 2018
Author:
Wolfram Lacher; Alaa al-Idrissi
Editor:
Matt Johnson; Ben Boulton
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libye : Les réseaux de passeurs en Libye
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 November 2018
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libya's War Economy: Predation, Profiteering and State Weakness
Date of Document:
April 2018
Editor:
Edward Garnier QC et al.
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Salafists, Mercenaries and Body Snatchers: The War for Libya's South
Source:
The Jamestown Foundation
Date of Document:
6 April 2018
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Security Situation between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2020 in Al-Butnan, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi, Al-Wahat, Al-Jifara, Al-Margeb, Al-Marj, Al-Nuqat Al-Khams, Azzawiya, Benghazi, Derna, Misrata, Nalut...
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
7 December 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Whether the government of Libya, particularly the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, engages in programs to sponsor former soldiers or militants to study or receive medical treatment in Canada
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 May 2016
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Prisons and Detention in Libya
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
2 September 2016
Author:
Fiona Mangan; Rebecca Murray
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Country Report. Immigration Detention in Libya: 'A Human Rights Crisis'
Source:
The Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Challenges for the Libyan Judiciary: Ensuring Independence, Accountability and Gender Equality
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Libya: Judiciary and Security Sector
Source:
Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons et al.
Date of Document:
19 December 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Title:
No Escape from Hell: EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 January 2019
Author:
Judith Sunderland; Hanan Salah
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Accountability for Serious Crimes under International Law in Libya: An Assessment of the Criminal Justice System.
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
31 July 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
UPDATE: Libya's Legal System and Legal Research
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
John L. S. Simpkins et al.
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Abuse Behind Bars: Arbitrary and unlawful detention in Libya
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
April 2018
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
What makes refugees and migrants vulnerable to detention in Libya?
Source:
Mixed Migration Centre
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
Adam G. Lichtenheld
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Who is Fighting Whom in Tripoli?: How the 2019 Civil War is Transforming Libya's Military Landscape.
Source:
Small Arms Survey; Security Assessment in North Africa
Date of Document:
August 2019
Editor:
Matt Johnson; Alex Potter
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Local security governance in Libya: Perceptions of security and protection in a fragmented country
Source:
Clingendael Institute
Date of Document:
October 2018
Author:
Floor El Kamouni-Janssen et al.
Accessed Date:
30 January 2019
Title:
Guide to Freedom of Expression in Libya
Source:
Lawyers for Justice in Libya; International Media Support
Date of Document:
22 November 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Libya. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libya. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Situation of Christians, including treatment by the current regime, various armed groups, and society. (2012-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Title:
Libya's Religious Sector and Peacebuilding Efforts
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
16 March 2017
Author:
Palwasha L. Kakar; Zahra Langhi
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Situation of the Tebu ethnic group and their advocates, including treatment by society and authorities; relationship with other ethnic groups (2012 - October 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 November 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; political organizations; tribes/clans
Title:
The situation of Amazighs (Berbers) and their treatment by society and the government since the fall of Muamar Qaddafi (September 2011-October 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 October 2012
Accessed Date:
31 January 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; conflict; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; labour; legislation; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; tribes/clans
Title:
Treatment of members of the Al-Nawa'il tribe; availability of state protection (2012-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 October 2013
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Title:
Libya. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2021
Title:
Treatment of members of the Zintani tribe in Tobruk City; presence of Gaddafi supporters in Tobruk; presence and operational strength of IS in Tobruk; ability of Libyans fleeing conflict in other parts of the country to relocate to Tobruk and reside there safely; whether Tobruk airport is operational (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 October 2016
Accessed Date:
19 December 2016
Title:
Matriarchal and Tribal Identity, Community Resilience, and Vulnerability in South Libya
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
5 December 2017
Accessed Date:
19 December 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Ethnic minority groups. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2019
Title:
Libyan tribes in the shadows of war and peace
Date of Document:
February 2019
Author:
Al-Hamzeh Al-Shadeedi; Nancy Ezzeddine
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Information on the Al-Si'an (or Si'an, Seaan, Siaan) tribe, in particular: Main characteristics of the tribe, peculiar signs, rituals; Its relationship with pro-Gaddafi's forces (2011- 2018); Documented cases o...
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Treatment of returnees, including failed refugee claimants and international students supported by the Qaddafi [Qadhafi, Gaddafi] regime (2012-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
13 December 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Leaving Libya: Rapid Assessment of Municipalities of Departure of Migrants in Libya
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Mixed Migration Trends in Libya: Changing Dynamics and Protection Challenges
Source:
Altai Consulting; IMPACT Initiatives
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Marie-Cecile Darme; Tahar Benattia
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Protection of displaced Libyans: risks, responses and border dynamics.
Source:
Overseas Development Institute
Date of Document:
August 2019
Author:
Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy et al.
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on her visit to Libya
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 May 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Implementation of resolution 2491 (2019)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
'Between life and death': Refugees and Migrants trapped in Libya's cycle of abuse
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 September 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Mixed Migration Routes and Dynamics in Libya in 2018
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2020:
Title:
Libya. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
22 January 2020
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html
Accessed Date:
24 January 2020
Title:
Libye. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
5 January 2018
URL:
https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/libye.htm
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Libya. 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
October 2018
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2019_lby_hno_draftv1.1.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673747/Libya_-_Security_Situation_-_CPIN_-_v3.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Libya. Human Rights in The Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2018.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 February 2019
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde19/9919/2019/en/
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/libya
Accessed Date:
21 January 2020
Title:
Libya. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/libya
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Libya.html
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Refugees Country Briefing. Libya.
Source:
European Network of Information Centres in the European Region; National Academic Recognition Information Centres in the European Union
Date of Document:
April 2017
URL:
https://www.nokut.no/contentassets/5751a837c39042b08776c0eacf416e41/country_briefing_libya_2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Libya: Special Case. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/libya/
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 November 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2018/#Libya
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Libya. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 November 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2018/#ISIL-Libya
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. Freedom on the Net 2019.
URL:
https://www.freedomonthenet.org/country/libya/freedom-on-the-net/2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/libya/
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/country/libya/
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix. (DTM) Libya's Migrant Report: Round 26 - June - July 2019.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
13 September 2019
URL:
https://displacement.iom.int/reports/libya-%E2%80%94-migrant-report-26-june-july-2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 September 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2018/812
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Situation of human rights in Libya, including the implementation of technical assistance and capacity-building and efforts to prevent and ensure accountability for violations and abuses of human rights.
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
4 February 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/40/46
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Libya.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2018/pdf/BTI_2018_Libya.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
2 May 2018
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
URL:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33142.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
UNHCR Position on the Designations of Libya as a Safe Third Country and as a Place of Safety for the Purpose of Disembarkation Following Rescue at Sea
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
September 2020
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/docid/5f1edee24.html
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Libya
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report-LBY-2020.html
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/africa/libya.html
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Présentation de la Libye
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
23 November 2020
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/libye/presentation-de-la-libye/
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Country of origin information report on Libya
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://www.government.nl/binaries/government/documents/directives/2020/06/30/country-of-origin-information-report-on-libya-june-2020/Country+of+origin+information+report+on+Libya+June+2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
General Report Libya: Human Rights Situation
Source:
Romanian National Council for Refugees
Date of Document:
December 2019
URL:
https://www.portal-ito.ro/#/view/fd349030-35f6-4d90-87d5-399cd3798f83
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1973 (2011)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
9 December 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/S/2019/914
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Situation of human rights in Libya, and the effectiveness of technical assistance and capacity-building measures received by the Government of Libya
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/43/75
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1: Libya
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/1
Date of Document:
18 August 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/1
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/2
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Libya
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 February 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/3
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/S/2020/832
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Multi-Sector Needs Assessment
Source:
REACH Initiative et al.
Date of Document:
April 2020
URL:
https://www.impact-repository.org/document/reach/6df83513/LBY_2019-Migrant-and-Refugee-MSNA_report.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Human Rights In Libya: During And After Gaddafi
Source:
Mondaq; Karbal & Co
Date of Document:
12 October 2020
URL:
https://www.mondaq.com/human-rights/993460/human-rights-in-libya-during-and-after-gaddafi-
Accessed Date:
17 February 2021
Title:
Citizenship on hold: Undetermined legal status and implications for Libya's peace process
Source:
European Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
July 2019
URL:
https://www.eip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Citizenship-on-hold-EIP-policy-paper-July-2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Fleshing Out the Libya Ceasefire Agreement. Middle East and North Africa Briefing N°80.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 November 2020
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/libya/b80-fleshing-out-libya-ceasefire-agreement
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Conflict, Transition, and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
26 June 2020
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33142/124
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Heavy weaponry used to disperse peaceful protesters demanding economic rights
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 August 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/08/libya-heavy-weaponry-used-to-disperse-peaceful-protesters-demanding-economic-rights/
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Armed Groups Violently Quell Protests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 September 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/10/libya-armed-groups-violently-quell-protests
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Addressing the Rise of Libya's Madkhali-Salafis. Middle East and North Africa Report N°200.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
25 April 2019
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/libya/addressing-rise-libyas-madkhali-salafis
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Social Security Laws in Libya: A Gender-Based Perspective
Source:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung;Washm Women Studies Center
Author:
Abeir Imneina; Omelez Alfarsi
URL:
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/libya-office/16680.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory.
Date of Document:
15 June 2020
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Country/Libya/Content/DownloadAttachment/Report/a6fa0063-3112-4765-97f1-18efe4e20c7f/17050
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libya's relentless militia war: Civilians harmed in the battle for Tripoli, April - August 2019
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1912012019ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Kingdom of Militias: Libya's Second War of Post-Qadhafi Succession
Source:
Italian Institute for International Political Studies
Date of Document:
31 May 2019
URL:
https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/kingdom-militias-libyas-second-war-post-qadhafi-succession-23121
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Capital of Militias: Tripoli's Armed Groups Capture the Libyan State
Source:
Small Arms Survey; Security Assessment in North Africa
Date of Document:
June 2018
Author:
Wolfram Lacher; Alaa al-Idrissi
Editor:
Matt Johnson; Ben Boulton
URL:
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/T-Briefing-Papers/SAS-SANA-BP-Tripoli-armed-groups.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libye : Les réseaux de passeurs en Libye
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 November 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1811_lib_reseaux_de_passeurs.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Libya's War Economy: Predation, Profiteering and State Weakness
Date of Document:
April 2018
Editor:
Edward Garnier QC et al.
URL:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2018-04-12-libyas-war-economy-eaton-final.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Salafists, Mercenaries and Body Snatchers: The War for Libya's South
Source:
The Jamestown Foundation
Date of Document:
6 April 2018
URL:
https://jamestown.org/program/salafists-mercenaries-and-body-snatchers-the-war-for-libyas-south/
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Security Situation between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2020 in Al-Butnan, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi, Al-Wahat, Al-Jifara, Al-Margeb, Al-Marj, Al-Nuqat Al-Khams, Azzawiya, Benghazi, Derna, Misrata, Nalut...
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
7 December 2020
URL:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2020_12_COI_Q31_LIBYA_SECURITY_SITUATION.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
UPDATE: Libya's Legal System and Legal Research
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
John L. S. Simpkins et al.
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Libya1.html
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Abuse Behind Bars: Arbitrary and unlawful detention in Libya
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
April 2018
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/LY/AbuseBehindBarsArbitraryUnlawful_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
What makes refugees and migrants vulnerable to detention in Libya?
Source:
Mixed Migration Centre
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
Adam G. Lichtenheld
URL:
http://www.mixedmigration.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/082_determinants_detention-.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Information on the Al-Si'an (or Si'an, Seaan, Siaan) tribe, in particular: Main characteristics of the tribe, peculiar signs, rituals; Its relationship with pro-Gaddafi's forces (2011- 2018); Documented cases o...
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2003098/LBY_132.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Implementation of resolution 2491 (2019)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/S/2020/876
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
'Between life and death': Refugees and Migrants trapped in Libya's cycle of abuse
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 September 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1930842020ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Mixed Migration Routes and Dynamics in Libya in 2018
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
June 2019
URL:
https://www.impact-repository.org/document/reach/ee977346/impact_lby_report_mixed_migration_routes_and_dynamics_in_2018_june_2019-40.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
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