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LIBYA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Libya. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
United Nations. World Food Programme. Logistics Cluster.
Date of Document:
27 July 2018
Accessed Date:
9 December 2019
Title:
‘Every Day We Die a Thousand Times': Impunity for Crimes Against Humanity in Tarhouna, Libya
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 November 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
26 December 2025
Accessed Date:
18 February 2026
Title:
Libya. 2025 Humanitarian Profile.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
May 2025
Accessed Date:
12 February 2026
Title:
Protection risks in eastern and western Libya
Date of Document:
15 December 2023
Accessed Date:
9 February 2024
Title:
General Country of Origin Information Report: Libya
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
9 February 2024
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 December 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Humanitarian situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2024
Accessed Date:
19 February 2026
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:
Présentation de la Libye
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
5 February 2025
Accessed Date:
21 February 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Security situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
8 August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
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:
Libya. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
13 February 2026
Title:
Libya. World Report 2026: Events of 2025.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2026
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) concerning Libya
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
15 September 2023
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
9 February 2024
Title:
Libyan Authorities Dismantling Civic Spaces through Regressive Laws and Abusive Practices
Source:
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Libya
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/50/LBY/1
Date of Document:
28 August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya : Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/50/LBY/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Libya
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/50/LBY/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
29 August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya: “In seconds everything changed”: Justice and redress elusive for Derna flood survivors
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 March 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Multi-Sector Needs Assessment: Refugee and Migrant Population.
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Suppressed and marginalised: Systematic violence against civil society in Libya
Source:
Lawyers for Justice in Libya
Date of Document:
25 March 2024
Author:
Thomas Ebbs; Mohamed Elmessiry
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
'No One Will Look for You': Forcibly Returned from Sea to Abusive Detention in Libya
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 July 2021
Accessed Date:
20 February 2023
Title:
Tarhuna: Mass Graves and Related Human Rights Violations and Abuses in Libya
Source:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
August 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
18 May 2024
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
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons. et al.
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:
18 February 2026
Title:
Libye/Somalie : Le mariage entre citoyens étrangers en Libye, notamment entre Somaliens
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 November 2023
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
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
Title:
Report on citizenship law: Libya
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Author:
Maria Gloria Polimeno
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Legislation on nationality and implementation.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
24 February 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Decree on Libyan Women's Non-Citizen Children Fails Discrimination Test
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 October 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 May 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections
Date of Document:
30 August 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Libya: House of Representatives.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya: Armed Groups Violently Quell Protests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 September 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
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:
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 ongoing debate over the role of political parties
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
26 June 2023
Accessed Date:
9 February 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 December 2022
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
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:
Libya. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2024.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
Accessed Date:
19 February 2026
Title:
Libya. Analytical Study: Protecting Libyan Women Lawyers from Violence
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Silenced Voices: Libyan Women Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 July 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council
Date of Document:
4 May 2023
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
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:
Towards peace in Libya? A gender-responsive analysis of the Libyan conflict and some pathways towards gender-inclusive resolution
Source:
Gender in Geopolitics Institute
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Libya : Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: 90th Pre-sessional working group, 3 – 7 June 2024, list of issues prior to reporting
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 April 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Overview of Muslim Family Laws & Practices.
Date of Document:
17 April 2022
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
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
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
14 January 2026
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Libya: Special Case. Trafficking in Persons Report 2025.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 September 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
A Political Economy of Tripoli's Abu Salim: The Rise of the Stability Support Apparatus as Hegemon
Source:
Small Arms Survey
Date of Document:
April 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
ISIS-Libya. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
A Political Economy of Zawiya: Armed Groups and Society in a Western Libyan City
Source:
Small Arms Survey
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
15 July 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya: Extremism and Terrorism
Source:
Counter Extremism Project
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Libye : Le Conseil de commandement militaire pour le salut de la République (CCMSR) dans la bataille de Tripoli (avril 2019-octobre 2020)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 September 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Libya.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 April 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya: “We are your masters”: Rampant crimes by the Tariq Ben Zeyad armed group
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 December 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
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 : La brigade Al-Baqara, également appelée brigade Rahbat Al-Duru' ou 33e Brigade d'infanterie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 February 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya: Hybrid Migration Systems Underpin Resilience of Human Smuggling in 2024
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
October 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
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:
Libye : Les milices à Tripoli
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libya: Stability fuels rebound in human smuggling
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
July 2022
Author:
Rupert Horsley, Jessica Gerken
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Libye : L'Organisation Etat Islamique (OEI ; Daech)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libye : La milice de Ghneiwa
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 August 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
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:
Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
The International Commission of Jurists' (ICJ) Response to the “Call for Inputs on the Study to Assess the Level of Compliance of National Legislations with the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa”
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
31 March 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
One thousand and one failings: Security sector stabilisation and development in Libya
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Hamzeh ah-Shadeedi et al.
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Injustice By Design: Need for Comprehensive Justice Reform in Libya
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 June 2025
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
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:
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:
Briefing Note: “You're going to die here' – Abuse in Abu Salim and Ain Zara detention centres
Source:
Médecin Sans Frontières
Date of Document:
6 December 2023
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
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:
Libye : Les Forces armées arabes libyennes (FAAL) ou Armée nationale libyenne (ANL)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 March 2021
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libya. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Johannesburg. Faculty of Law.
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Human rights abuses against civilians with Libyan nationality by the state authorities and armed militias in Libya.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
25 July 2023
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Security actors in Misrata, Zawiya and Zintan since 2011: How local factors shape Libya's security sector, and what this means for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
Source:
Middle East and North Africa Programme
Date of Document:
December 2023
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Libya's Militias Have Become the State: Dimensions and Consequences of a Consolidated Process
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Justifying Repression: Use of Security and Religious Rhetoric to Crack Down on Dissent in Libya
Source:
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Date of Document:
25 June 2024
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Freedom on the Net 2025.
Editor:
Shannon O'Toole; Tyler Roylance
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. World Press Freedom Index 2025.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
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
Title:
Libya: Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Source:
Universal Periodic Review
Date of Document:
7 April 2025
Accessed Date:
18 February 2026
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
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
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:
COI Query Response. Libya: Situation of Tebu people.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
20 April 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
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
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 May 2021
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 May 2021
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libye : La tribu « Ouled Slimane »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 April 2021
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 February 2021
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libye : Les Amazighs (Berbères du Nord ; Djebel Nefoussa)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libye : Les tribus Warfalla, Qaddafa et Warshafana
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libya. The Indigenous World 2025.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2025
Author:
Belkacem Lounes; Nasser Abouzakhar
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
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
Title:
IOM Libya Migrant Report: Round 59 (August – October 2025)
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Law No. 24 of 2023 concerning the prevention of the settlement of foreigners in Libya
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Nowhere but Back: Assisted return, reintegration and the human rights protection of migrants in Libya
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Crossing Borders, Building Livelihoods: The insecure economic lives of migrants in Libya
Source:
Mixed Migration Centre; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
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
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 28 February 2025:
Title:
Libya. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 February 2025
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya/
Accessed Date:
21 February 2025
Title:
Libya. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/libya
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/libya/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
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/en/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/en/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/en/A/HRC/WG.6/36/LBY/3
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
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:
24 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/Africa/country_profile_LBY_Libya.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
16 December 2024
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/libya/
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya: Special Case. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/libya/
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Libya.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 April 2024
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/8ec22dbe-7656-4960-a14d-1c57b226ef7a
Accessed Date:
24 February 2025
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/2023/country/libya
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Libya: Sophisticated smugglers thrive as Libyan governance stagnates
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
September 2023
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rupert-Horsley-Libya-Sophisticated-smugglers-thrive-as-Libyan-goernance-stagnates-GI-TOC-September-2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Libya. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/libya
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Libya. Freedom on the Net 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/libya/freedom-net/2024
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Libya. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/libya
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Libya. The Indigenous World 2024.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2024
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/libya/5356-iw-2024-libya.html
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
IOM Libya Migrant Report: Round 54 (August – October 2025)
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
21 December 2024
URL:
https://dtm.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl1461/files/reports/DTM_Libya_R54_Migrant_Report_Final_V2.pdf?iframe=true
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Libye. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 April 2024
URL:
https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/libye.htm
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya: Country Information Package. Version 1.2.
Source:
Law Enforcement Training for Capacity Building
Date of Document:
November 2018
URL:
https://www.let4cap.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Libya-CB.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya. 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
6 December 2021
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/libya_hno_2022_6dec21.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
10 December 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/S/2024/895
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/918003/Libya_-_Security__humanitarian_situation_-_CPIN_-_v4.0_-_September_2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya: Landmines, Other War Hazards, Killing Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 April 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/27/libya-landmines-other-war-hazards-killing-civilians
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
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:
Libya: Crackdown on Nongovernmental Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 April 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/18/libya-crackdown-nongovernmental-groups
Accessed Date:
9 February 2024
Title:
Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya. Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
3 June 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/56/70
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. 2021 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment: Libyan population.
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://www.impact-repository.org/document/reach/d2fc02ac/REACH_LBY_report_LBY2105a_May2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Refugees Country Briefing: Libya
Source:
Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education et al.
URL:
https://www.nokut.no/contentassets/d010f457128c419b8270d3629ed04169/libya_refugees-country-briefing.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Libya's Islamists: Who They Are - And What They Want
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
URL:
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/libyas-islamists-who-they-are-and-what-they-want
Accessed Date:
22 February 2024
Title:
Insecurity and Governance Challenges in Southern Libya
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
30 March 2017
URL:
http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/03/30/insecurity-and-governance-challenges-in-southern-libya-pub-68451
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
3 January 2022
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33142
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
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: Experts troubled by discriminatory policy restricting movement of women and girls travelling abroad
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 July 2023
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/07/libya-experts-troubled-discriminatory-policy-restricting-movement-women-and
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences on her visit to Libya
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
4 May 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/53/36/Add.2
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
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
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/01/21/no-escape-hell/eu-policies-contribute-abuse-migrants-libya
Accessed Date:
10 December 2019
Title:
Libya : Humanitarian situation in detention centres
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
2 November 2021
URL:
https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/products/files/20211102_acaps_briefing_note_libya_detention_centres_update.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 February 2022
Title:
Libya: Female Singer and Female Blogger Arrested for Violating New Cybercrime Law
Source:
Library of Congress
Date of Document:
17 May 2023
URL:
https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2023-04-18/libya-female-singer-and-female-blogger-arrested-for-violating-new-cybercrime-law/
Accessed Date:
13 February 2024
Title:
Libya: Internal Security Agency must end abuses in name of ‘guarding virtue'
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 February 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/libya-internal-security-agency-must-end-abuses-in-name-of-guarding-virtue/
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Libya: Internal Security Agency must be held accountable for deaths in custody, enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 September 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/09/libya-internal-security-agency-must-be-held-accountable-for-deaths-in-custody-enforced-disappearances-and-arbitrary-detention/
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
24 August 2020
URL:
https://fot.humanists.international/countries/africa-northern-africa/libya/
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Matriarchal and Tribal Identity, Community Resilience, and Vulnerability in South Libya
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
5 December 2017
URL:
https://www.usip.org/publications/2017/12/matriarchal-and-tribal-identity-community-resilience-and-vulnerability-south
Accessed Date:
19 December 2017
Title:
Storm Daniel: Assessment of the Situation of Displaced Individuals
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
12 September 2024
URL:
https://dtm.iom.int/dtm_download_track/65971?file=1&type=node&id=44526
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Implementation of resolution 2491 (2019)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/S/2020/876
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
Title:
Libya: “In seconds everything changed”: Justice and redress elusive for Derna flood survivors
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 March 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MDE1976082024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/libya
Accessed Date:
18 May 2024
Title:
Libye/Somalie : Le mariage entre citoyens étrangers en Libye, notamment entre Somaliens
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 November 2023
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2311_lby_mariage_etrangers_en_libye_160849.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Libya: House of Representatives.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/LY/LY-LC01/
Accessed Date:
6 February 2025
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455685&pls=1
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Title:
COI Query Response. Libya: Situation of Tebu people.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
20 April 2022
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2022_04_Q20_EUAA_COI_QUERY_RESPONSE_LIBYA_TEBU.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Nowhere but Back: Assisted return, reintegration and the human rights protection of migrants in Libya
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2022
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Report-on-assisted-return-and-reintegration.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Libya. 2025 Humanitarian Profile.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
May 2025
URL:
https://www.unocha.org/attachments/125fb278-70ab-4e32-b2ae-12e967869c41/LIBYA_Humanitarian_Profile_2025_As_of_May2025V4.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 February 2026
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 December 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/S/2025/792
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Humanitarian situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2025
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ff9832b73354468d135529/LBY+CPIN+Humanitarian+situation.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2024
URL:
https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=902
Accessed Date:
19 February 2026
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Libya: Security situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2025
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ff9817393a986ec5cf8e17/LBY+CPIN+Security+situation.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
8 August 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/S/2025/509
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/libya/
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libyan Authorities Dismantling Civic Spaces through Regressive Laws and Abusive Practices
Source:
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
URL:
https://cihrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Libyan-Authorities-Dismantling-Civic-Space-through-Regressive-Laws-and-Abusive-Practices-Cairo-Institute-for-Human-Rights-Studies-CIHRS.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya. Analytical Study: Protecting Libyan Women Lawyers from Violence
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
August 2025
URL:
https://arabstates.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/vawl-analytical-paper_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libye : La milice de Ghneiwa
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 August 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2508_lby_milice_ghneiwa_165686_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Injustice By Design: Need for Comprehensive Justice Reform in Libya
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 June 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/06/02/injustice-design/need-comprehensive-justice-reform-libya
Accessed Date:
17 February 2026
Title:
Libya: Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Source:
Universal Periodic Review
Date of Document:
7 April 2025
URL:
https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/uprweb/downloadfile.aspx?filename=14821&file=EnglishTranslation
Accessed Date:
18 February 2026
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