A UN report published today urges accountability for the 53 Tajura Detention Centre migrant deaths caused by an airstrike in July 2019. On Monday the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN human rights office in Geneva released a 13-page report demanding that Libyan authorities "conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations… with a view to ensuring swift prosecution" of those behind the airstrikes.
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, repeated a warning that the attack may constitute a war crime.
The report said that it was one of the deadliest incidents since a new round of hostilities broke out in April 2019. The UN report renewed its call on all parties to the conflict to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations to ensure accountability for violations of international law.
The report, published by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Human Rights Office, also calls for urgent action to prevent a similar tragedy from happening in a conflict in which at least 287 civilians were killed and some 369 civilians injured in 2019, with 60 percent of these casualties attributed to airstrikes.
Thousands of migrants remain locked in detention facilities in Libya where many have suffered torture and abuse from militias in charge. The UN report calls for the closure of all migrant detention centers. According to the latest information received by the UN Human Rights Office, the Tajoura detention center remains open, despite an announcement by the GNA in August that it intended to close the facility.
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