Aburshada (Bou-Rashada) Detention Centre

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
Last documented use	2018
The Libya Observer, "Decision Issued to Close Down Four Illegal Immigration Shelters,” 1 February 2018
In use	2015
Altai Consulting, Migration Trends Across the Mediterranean: Connecting the Dots, study for the International Organization of Migration in 2015, available at: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/StudyMigrants/IOs/IOMTrendsAccrossMediterranean.pdf
In use	2014
Abdul-Wahab, Ashraf. “Prisoners at Gharian detention centre on hunger strike.” Libya Herald. 8 May 2014.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 2015. “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Libya and on related technical support and capacity-building needs.” A/HRC/28/51. 12 January 2015.
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
Criminal	Prison or pretrial detention centre	2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.
Amnesty International. “Amnesty International’s Submission to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Hirsi Jamaa and Others V. Italy (Application No. 27765/09).” Amnesty International. Ref: B1525. 11 February 2014.).

Operating Period

City and region

Near Gharyan, North West, in the Nafusa Mountain region

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Governmental	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
Libya: Whipped, Beaten, and Hung from Trees. Human Rights Watch. 22 June 2014.
The 9th Brigade, a militia nominally under the control of the Ministry of Defence	Non-State Actor - Militia/Armed Group	2013
Amnesty International. “Amnesty International’s Submission to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Hirsi Jamaa and Others V. Italy (Application No. 27765/09).” Amnesty International. Ref: B1525. 11 February 2014.).

Security

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2014
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.
Libya: Whipped, Beaten, and Hung from Trees. Human Rights Watch. 22 June 2014.
Mughrabi, Magda (Amnesty International). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014 and January 2015.

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Unaccompanied minors	2013
Amnesty International. “Amnesty International’s Submission to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Hirsi Jamaa and Others V. Italy (Application No. 27765/09).” Amnesty International. Ref: B1525. 11 February 2014.).
Adult women	2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.
Adult men	2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.

Categories of detainees

Segregation

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	3000	2013
Amnesty International. “Amnesty International’s Submission to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Hirsi Jamaa and Others V. Italy (Application No. 27765/09).” Amnesty International. Ref: B1525. 11 February 2014.).

Conditions

Personnel

Access

Deaths

Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Ministry of the Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2014
Libya: Whipped, Beaten, and Hung from Trees. Human Rights Watch. 22 June 2014.
Mughrabi, Magda (Amnesty International). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014 and January 2015.
The 9th Brigade, a militia nominally under the control of the Ministry of Defence		Non-State Actor - Militia/Armed Group	2013
Amnesty International. “Amnesty International’s Submission to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Hirsi Jamaa and Others V. Italy (Application No. 27765/09).” Amnesty International. Ref: B1525. 11 February 2014.).
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority