What it is about Over the past few years, both the Italian government (through the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) and the European Commission have allocated large sums of money to the countries of origin and transit of third country nationals reaching the Member States. Initially, (around 2016-2018 […]
LIBYA
Transit country for migrants heading for Europe. Due to its strategic position, the European Union and member states are investing funds to strengthen the policy of the Libyan authorities, particularly as regards the management of migratory flows. The responsibilities of the member states with respect to the conditions of the detention centres, pull backs, evacuation procedures from the detention and resettlement centres of migrants should be investigated.
#5 REACT – Rights in practice. Degrading treatments in detention centres in Libya: is it possible to claim compensation from the Italian State?
What it is about With the Italy-Libya Memorandum of February 2017 the Italian State made specific international commitments to the government in Tripoli on the management of migration flows. Among other things, the Italian government committed to “adapt and finance” Libyan detention centres for irregular migrants, as well as to train the Libyan personnel working […]
#4 REACT – Rights in practice. Accessing the content of bilateral readmission and repatriation agreements
What it is about The Italian government has for years accelerated the signing of readmission and repatriation agreements with African countries, particularly Nigeria, Gambia, Ivory Coast and Senegal, in order to identify and repatriate foreign nationals irregularly residing in Italy. In the past, repatriation agreements were intended as genuine international agreements, whereas for the past […]
#3 – REACT Rights in practice. Push-backs at sea: how and when to claim compensatory damages
Claiming damages for pushbacks to Libya operated by Italian ships or coordinated by Italy and other related actions. What it is about For years, the Italian government has been responsible for pushbacks of refugees, asylum seekers and third country nationals trying to leave Libya to reach European shores. The behavior of Italian authorities has changed […]
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights must condemn atrocities committed against migrants in Libya
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Association for Human Rights Studies (ASGI) deeply regret the lack of spaces for communication, including participation and expression of opinions, between Libyan civil society and human rights organizations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACPHR), especially with regard to the file of […]
Journalist appeals to the ECHR: knowing how public funds are used in Libya is a legal right
After being refused information by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the Administrative Court and the Council of State, freelance journalist and member of the International Federation of Journalists Sara Creta, supported by ASGI lawyers, lodges an appeal before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to enforce Article 10 of the ECHR Convention. In […]
Border externalisation and security outsourcing: the Libyan migration industry
In this article Agnese Pacciardi, PhD scholar in Political Science at Lund University and Joakim Berndtsson, researcher in Security Studies at Gothenburg University, analyse the start of a fully-fledged “migration industry” as a result of the European policy of externalisation in Libya. Through the analysis of the project “Support to Integrated Border and Migration Management” […]
The consequences of externalisation of border on women’s rights
Today, December 16 2021, we presented at the Press Conference the appeal of two women victims of trafficking against Italy e Libya. The two Country are accused of violating the articles 2 and 6 of the Convention on women rights. Princess and Doris (names are fictitious to protect the identity of the applicants), arrived in […]
Violence on land, violence at sea: migrants in Libya between the Libyan hammer and the EU’s anvil
EuroMed Rights, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Libya Platform and the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) call on the EU to cease all support to “Libya’s coast-guards”, to provide safe pathways for migrants and to re-establish an EU-coordinated Search and Rescue mechanism. Violence on land: latest updates On 1 October […]
Petition on mismanagement of funds in Libya: The European Parliament welcomes the requests from ARCI, ASGI and GLAN
The European Commission will be required to update and sent a periodic monitoring report on the EU “Support to Integrated Border and Migration Management in Libya” programme as well as the information in the petition to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) for inclusion in the special evaluation report on the Trust Fund for Africa. […]
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