The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called on the European and African Unions to develop a new approach to the migration issue in Libya and take prompt steps, in order to end the detention and protect illegal immigrants.

Libyan parties have rejected the trial of Saif al-Islam, son of late Muammar al-Gaddafi, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Libya’s representative at the court, Ahmed al-Jehani, agreed to bring him to The Hague.

The International Criminal Court completed on Tuesday hearing the defense of Saif al-Islam, son of the late Libyan leader Moammar al-Gaddafi, in his request for an appeal of charges against him.

Italian press sources have predicted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue arrest warrants for Libyans involved in human trafficking operations in Libya.

The International Criminal Court has “reliable information” about the location of one of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi‘s sons as well as two other Libyan war crimes fugitives, prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the UN Security Council Wednesday.

The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame has said that the mission had handed over all information related to the bombing of civilian targets, hospitals, schools, and airports to the UN Security Council, the Committee of Experts on Libya, and the International Criminal Court.

The two most reputable international human rights organisations, Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) both issued reports last week detailing major human rights violations and potential war crimes in Haftar’s assault on Tripoli.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that children continue to suffer from various forms of malnutrition, due to conflicts in several countries, including Libya.

Libyan Crime Watch has appealed to the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) -taking place in Belgrade, Serbia- to work to uncover the fate of Libyan member of parliament, Siham Sergewa.

More than 1,000 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row that this “bleak milestone” has been reached, the United Nations said on Tuesday.