The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society

The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society As a group of regional and international organizations, we express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues…

CHRDA & NGOs : Violence on land, violence at sea: Migrants in Libya between the Libyan hammer and the EU’s anvil

15 October 2021 Violence on land, violence at sea: Migrants in Libya between the Libyan hammer and the EU's anvil In Libya, the already dire situation for migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees has been escalating to an unprecedented level of…

Libya : Periodic update from the Cairo Institute and the Libya Platform – Peace process and legitimacy of elections in Libya threatened by lack of accountability and rule of law

11 October 2021 A semi-annual update on the human rights situation in Libya, published today by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Libya Platform, finds evidence of continued systemic and grave human rights violations…

Libya: Rights groups present a new draft law regulating civil work and call on Libyan civil society to advocate for its approval by the legislature

Press release The undersigned human rights groups announce the proposal of a new draft law regulating  civil work in Libya; the proposed law would guarantee civil society’s independence and freedom. We call on Libya’s civil society organizations…

Defender Center welcomes the report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya and calls on the Libyan authorities and the international community to implement its recommendations

Press Release October 5, 2021 Defender Center for Human Rights welcomes the report of the independent fact-finding mission on Libya, which stated that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes have been committed in Libya”…