Tag: libya

Human Rights at Sea signs the Open letter to Secretary-General of IMO requesting the revocation of Libya’s SAR zone

Human Rights, IMO, Libya, Migrants, Press Release, Press Releases, SAR

Press Release Immediate  Thursday 2 July 2020 LONDON.UK. Human Rights at Sea has today signed the Open Letter to the IMO Secretary General Mr Kitack Lim prepared  by the civil liberties organisation Statewatch which was delivered on 29 June 2020 signed by hundreds of individuals and organisations.  The letter openly calls on the  Secretary-General  to revoke the...

Italy sees major drop in migrant crossings from Libya to Europe. But is the cost too high?

Abuse, Articles, Human Rights, International Issues, Mediterranean, Migrants, Refugees

Human Rights at Sea comments in the recent article by The Christian Science Monitor about the increasing concern about the actions of the Italian State and European Union in trampling on customary humanitarian principles and international human rights law relating to migrants and refugees returned to Libya, and the well-documented human rights abuses suffered...

[Updated] Planned EU NGO Code of Conduct threatens life-saving search and rescue operations

EU Commission, European Union, Libya, Mediterranean, Migrants, Press Release

PRESS RELEASE Immediate 6 July 2017 Planned EU NGO Code of Conduct threatens life-saving search and rescue operations  “Failure to sign this Code of Conduct or failure to comply with its obligations may result in the refusal by the Italian State to authorize the access to national ports, subject to compliance with the existing...

HRAS Intern becomes Erasmus+ Ambassador

HRAS, Human Rights, International Issues, Internship, Mediterranean, Migrants, Refugees, rescue, SAR

Melanie Glodkiewicz selected as an Erasmus+ Ambassador “My internship has been a life-changing period” Wednesday 14 June 2016 Human Rights at Sea is delighted to announce that a former intern, Miss Melanie Glodkiewicz, has been selected to become a European Erasmus+ Programme ambassador following her work on Mediterranean migrant projects for the charity and while seconded to...

20 Questions exposing the African Economic Migrant Narrative to the Maritime Community

Asylum, Criminalisation, Deprivation of Liberty At Sea, European Union, Governance, Human Rights, International Issues, Mediterranean, Migrants, NGOs, Press Release, Refugees

PRESS RELEASE Immediate – 13 June 2016 “I have no worry about crossing the sea, because as soon as I take decision to leave my family for an unknown world, there is no more worry. I will either succeed or die. That is it.” Following extensive field research in the Sahel, Africa, Human Rights...

Press Release: Launch of new migrant film trailer ‘The Dead Sea’

Abuse, Films, International Issues, Migrants, Press Release, Refugees, rescue, Violence Against Women

PRESS RELEASE Launch of new migrant film trailer ‘The Dead Sea’ UK. 27 April 2016. Human Rights at Sea is delighted to be able to support the release of the new trailer for the forthcoming short film, ‘The Dead Sea‘, exploring the abuses suffered, privations and humanitarian issues for migrants travelling to Europe from North Africa. Often...

HRAS Commentary. Legal, humanitarian and practical issues plague military targeting of Libyan traffickers’ boats

Articles, International Issues, Legal, Migrants, Refugees, Slavery, Trafficking, Use of Force

HRAS Commentary. Legal, humanitarian and practical issues plague military targeting of Libyan traffickers’ boats.       Photo credit. D Hammond. Introduction EU leaders have suggested that military capabilities should be used to deny Libyan human traffickers the use of their boats. The idea, coming from politicians such as the French President, Francois Hollande,...

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