Human rights defenders can be of any gender, age, or background. To be a human rights defender, a person can act to address any human right (or rights) on behalf of individuals or groups.
UNICEF’s 2020 data shows that in Ethiopia, 25 million girls and women have undergone FGM, the largest absolute number in Eastern and Southern Africa.
On the occasion of the International Day of Education, EHRC calls for intensified efforts to get children back to schools in conflict-affected areas
The Commission also wishes to place particular emphasis on the need to include the voices of women and girls during all stages of ongoing and planned peacemaking and cessation of hostilities.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launched on November 20, 2021 a new social media hashtag called #KeepWordSafe (#ጤናማቃላት in Amharic).
የኢትዮጵያ ሰብአዊ መብቶች ኮሚሽን እና የተባበሩት መንግሥታት የሰብአዊ መብቶች ከፍተኛ ኮሚሽነር ጽሕፈት ቤት፣ በኢትዮጵያ ፌደራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ትግራይ ክልል ውስጥ በተፈጠረው ግጭት ወቅት በሁሉም የግጭቱ ተሳታፊ አካላት ተፈጽመዋል የተባሉትን የዓለም አቀፍ የሰብአዊ መብቶች፣ የሰብአዊነት እና የስደተኞች ሕግጋት ጥሰቶች በተመለከተ በጋራ ያካሄዱት የምርመራ ሪፖርት የእንግሊዝኛውን ሪፖርት ያንብቡ
Report covered period from 3 Nov 2020 to 28 June 2021; joint probe conducted from 16 May to 31 August 2021
ኢሰመኮ የፌዴራልና የክልሉ መንግስት የፀጥታ ኃይሎች በኪራሙ ወረዳ ላለው የፀጥታ ስጋት ዘላቂ መፍትሔ ለመስጠት እና በነዋሪዎች ላይ በተደጋጋሚ ጥቃት የሚያደርሱ ኃይሎችን ከሕግ ፊት ለማቅረብ ተጨባጭ እርምጃዎችን እንዲወስዱ ያሳስባል።
Reports state allegations of deliberate attacks against civilians including shelling, house to house searches & killings, looting & destruction of infrastructure
German Africa Foundation announces jury unanimously voted to award him highest award of its kind in Germany in recognition for “his lifelong advocacy for human rights in Ethiopia”