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Non-refoulement/Non-Forceful Repatriation of Refugees

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Human Rights Concept

No person shall be refused entry into Ethiopia or expelled or returned to any other country or be subject to any similar measure

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No person shall be refused entry into Ethiopia or expelled or returned to any other country or be subject to any similar measure if as a result of such refusal, expulsion or return, or any other measure, such person is compelled to return to or remain in a country where:

  1. He may be subject to persecution on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or 
  2. His life, physical integrity or liberty would be threatened on account of external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or events seriously disturbing public order in part of whole of the country. 

(Article 11 (1) & (2) of Refugees Proclamation – No 1110/2019)


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May 25, 2022May 24, 2022 EHRC on the News
“የሕግ ማስከር ሂደት ሰብዓዊ መብቶችን በመጣስ መሆን የለበትም” - ኢሰመኮ – VOA Amharic
June 7, 2022June 6, 2022 EHRC on the News
የጋዜጠኞች እና የመገናኛ ብዙኃን ባለሙያዎች እስር በኢትዮጵያ – Deutsche Welle
May 8, 2022May 8, 2022 EHRC on the News
ኢሰመኮ በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ግጭት በሴቶች ሰብአዊ መብቶች ጥሰት ዙሪያ ከባለድርሻ አካላት ጋር ውይይት አካሄደ – አፋር ቲቪ አማርኛ ዜና
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Statement by Chief Commissioner, Daniel Bekele - 48th session of the Human Rights Council

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