The ICRC in Libya

The ICRC in Libya is focusing its activities on monitoring the situation of detainees held by various authorities in the country, clearing unexploded ordnance and assisting people displaced by the 2011 conflict. The ICRC is also training Libya Red Crescent and other community volunteers to raise awareness among the population about the danger of handling explosive remnants of war.

Highlights

Facts and Figures

During 2011, the ICRC:

worked with the Libyan Red Crescent to distribute 165,000 packages to over 300,000 people;
cleared over 2,000 unexploded devices and more than 1,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition;
carried out 225 visits to 14,000 people in 100 detention facilities and provided hygiene items for 10,000 detainees;
evacuated 122 wounded patients for medical treatment;
deployed four field surgical teams to help Libyan surgeons treat war casualties;
worked with the Libyan Red Crescent to reunite 3,250 families, transferring them between Tripoli and Benghazi by sea.

At the end of 2011, the ICRC was still visiting 8,500 detainees in 68 facilities.

More facts and figures.