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African Day for the Protection of Persons in Pre-trial Detention
Photo credit: EHRC/Getachew Asnakew
EHRC calls on the federal and regional state authorities to guarantee the fundamental rights of all persons held in detention
Event Update
Advocating for the importance of international convention on older persons rights
EHRC took part in the Thirteenth Session of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on Aging (UN-OEWGA), held in New York
Human Rights Concept
Women’s Right to Education
States Parties shall take specific positive action to promote literacy among women
Human Rights Concept
የሴቶች የመማር መብት
አባል ሀገራት የሴት ልጆች በትምህርት ቤቶችና በሌሎች ማሰልጠኛ ተቋማት ቅበላና ማቆያን ማበረታታ እንዲሁም ትምህርታቸውን ያለጊዜው ላቋረጡ ሴቶች ሌሎች መርኃ-ግብሮችን ማዘጋጀት አለባቸው
Africa Human Rights Day 2024
Africa Human Rights Day is commemorated on an annual basis on 21 October. This landmark commemoration marks the adoption in October 1981 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the founding treaty of the African Human Rights System.
EHRC on the News
Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, spoke to BBC Focus on Africa – BBC News
The African Union mediator for the Tigray war, Olusegun Obasanjo, has estimated that 600,000 people have died as a result of the conflict. But Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, spoke to Focus and cautioned against using a specific figure for now
Event Update
NHRIs play a vital role to advance children's rights and ensure implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Africa: the 40th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
The 40th ordinary session of ACERWC was the first time EHRC engaged formally with the Committee as one of only two African NHRIs with an affiliate status
Event Update
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) key to the ratification and implementation of regional integration mechanisms in Africa: The 5th NHRIs Forum and the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
EHRC presented its statement to the African Commission on situation of human rights in Ethiopia in the inter-session period (May – October 2022) and its statement on the activity reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa and the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa
Public Statement
EHRC welcomes the Agreement for Lasting Peace and Cessation of Hostilities signed by the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front
EHRC calls on all concerned parties to support all efforts towards the full and effective implementation of the Agreement for Lasting Peace and Cessation of Hostilities, and to support all civilians in affected regions
Human Rights Concept
Human Rights Protection and United Nations
Ethiopia was one of the four African countries who attended the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco