Human Trafficking in [Libya] [other countries]
Street Children in [Libya] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Libya] [other countries]
 

Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery

Great Socialist People's

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [map] is a N African republic bordered by Algeria (W), by Tunisia (NW), by the Mediterranean Sea (N), by Egypt (E), by Sudan (SE), and by Chad and Niger (N). Tripoli is its capital and largest city. The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute practically all export earnings and about one-quarter of GDP. These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa, but little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society.

Libya is a transit and destination country for men and women from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. While most foreigners in Libya are economic migrants, some are forced into prostitution, or forced to work as laborers and beggars to pay off their $500-$2,000 smuggling debts. In previous years, there were isolated reports that women from sub-Saharan Africa were trafficked to Libya for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. Although precise figures are unavailable, an estimated one to two percent of Libya's 1.5 to 2 million foreigners may be trafficking victims. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2007 [full country report]

CAUTION:  The following links have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in Libya. Some of these links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false.  No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their content.

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Libya's "UN-Human" Rights Record

Many of you are aware of the plight of southern Sudanese who are enslaved in Sudan. Most of you are probably not aware that some of these slaves end up in Libya and are sold into bondage. The Libyan government has not put a stop to these practices and, with Libya's dismal human rights record, we are hardly surprised.

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Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (Libya), and Years Missing

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – Women were trafficked through the country from Africa to Central Europe. It was also considered a destination country for victims from Africa and Asia trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation. Moroccan women reportedly were trafficked to the capital to work as prostitutes. The government engaged in joint collaborations with other affected countries to combat human trafficking.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003

[43] The Committee is concerned about reports of trafficking of children to the State party for the purposes of prostitution and slavery. The Committee is concerned that there is a lack of information and awareness of the trafficking and prostitution of children.

Reports on the Use of Child Soldiers — 2003

LIBYA - Despite the Penal Code's prohibition on slavery, citizens have been implicated in the purchase of Sudanese slaves, mainly southern Sudanese women and children, who were captured by Sudanese government troops in the ongoing civil war in Sudan.

Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 7 Civil Liberties: 7 Status: Not Free

Human Rights Overview by Human Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide

U.S. Library of Congress - Country Study

Libya's "UN-Human" Rights Record

Many of you are aware of the plight of southern Sudanese who are enslaved in Sudan. Most of you are probably not aware that some of these slaves end up in Libya and are sold into bondage. The Libyan government has not put a stop to these practices and, with Libya's dismal human rights record, we are hardly surprised.

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Human Trafficking in [Libya] [other countries]
Street Children in [Libya] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Libya] [other countries]