Dec 18, 2021
In November, three prominent human rights groups filed a report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) into possible crimes against humanity being committed on migrants and refugees in Libya.
The groups — European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Lawyers for Justice in Libya, and the International Federation for Human Rights — also warned that the EU’s migration policies have “significantly contributed to this grave situation.”
In today's episode, Silvia Rojas-Castro, a legal advisor at the ECCHR, and Elise Flecher, senior programmes officer at Lawyers for Justice in Libya, tell us all about this and why the three organisations are calling on the ICC to act.
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For more about the ECCHR, visit: ecchr.eu/en and find them on Twitter: @ECCHRBerlin
Lawyers for Justice in Libya can be found here: libyanjustice.org and on Twitter: @LibyanJustice
Read about the International Federation for Human Rights here: fidh.org/en and follow them on Twitter @fidh_en
Be sure to read No Way Out: Migrants and Refugees Trapped in Libya Face Crimes Against Humanity, here: bit.ly/3E2Cgm1
You can find a glossary of some terms used in this episode here: bit.ly/3lYbe9D
Ben mentions an interview he did with a man trapped in an unofficial detention centre in Libya. You can find that here: bit.ly/3EcSGrL
Here's a link to a 2017 BBC report on migrant slave markets in Libya: bbc.in/3p7PSId
Read this interview with a Sea-Watch activists on Frontex's collaboration with the Libyan Coastguard, here: bit.ly/3p8xI9k
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