Libya: Vote to Renew Measures to Combat Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking - Libya

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Among other additions, the draft text in blue includes a new operative paragraph emphasising that all migrants should be treated with humanity and dignity and that their rights should be fully respected and urging all states to comply with their obligations under international law, including international human rights law and international refugee law, as applicable.
53% : The FFM report implicated several Libyan public entities---including the Department for Combating Illegal Migration and the Coast Guard---as actors involved in migrant smuggling, "all of which are affiliated with the State of Libya...thus making them accountable under international law".
53% : The FFM report also found that the EU and its member states "directly or indirectly" provided "monetary, technical, and logistical support to the Libyan Coast Guard and Department for Combating Illegal Migration, which was used in the context of interception and illegal detention of migrants and refugees in the smuggling of migrants".
52% : The report reiterated the Secretary-General's recommendations to EU member states to conclude a "credible and predictable agreement for disembarkation"---which would determine the re-location of migrants rescued in EU territorial waters---and to Libya to ratify all core human rights treaties and to amend its domestic legislation to align with international human rights standards.
51% : The Council was briefed by Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Director of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Liaison Office in New York, and Pär Liljert, Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office to the UN in New York.
44% : Additionally, the report referenced the final report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya, published on 27 March, which highlighted that "trafficking, enslavement, forced labour, imprisonment, extortion and smuggling of migrants are part of a business model, enriching individuals, State institutions and security actors and incentivizing the continuation of human rights violations".
44% : The draft text also contains a new operative paragraph calling on all states with relevant jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute persons responsible for acts of migrant smuggling and human trafficking at sea in a manner consistent with their obligations under international law.
39% : The Secretary-General's report said that lack of regular access by UN agencies to all detention facilities "hampers the Organisation's ability to assess the scale of human rights violations" against migrants and refugees in Libya.

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