Event Update
Regional Meeting on the Establishment of an Alert and Reporting Mechanism on Torture and other Ill-treatment to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
The meeting brought together National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI), national preventive mechanisms, civil society organisations, inter-governmental organisations, regional human rights networks, and experts on torture prevention from various African countries
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Freedom, Equality, Justice underscore the OAU Charter: EHRC on Africa Day 2022
Africa Day 2022 is themed “Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent: Strengthening Agro-Food Systems, Health and Social Protection Systems for the Acceleration of Human, Social and Economic Capital Development”
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The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Grants Affiliate Status to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
The affiliate status allows EHRC to enhance its engagement with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Human Rights Concept
The Human Right to Protection of Older Persons
Human Rights Concept of the Week | April 18 – 22, 2022
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Ensuring businesses are socially sustainable
EHRC is taking part in the 4th Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) happening in Banjul, the Gambia, on 12 and 13 April 2022. Themed “Integrating the Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework to Business and Human Rights in Africa, as a Lever towards the Acceleration of Human, Social, and Economic Capital Development”, the forum brought together representatives from NHRIs across the continent
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EHRC conducts training on the African Human Rights System and Litigation before African Regional Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Training covered three modules: Introduction to the African human rights system; Litigation before the African regional human rights bodies; Monitoring implementation of decisions of African regional human rights treaty bodies
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ግጭት የተከሰተባቸውን አካባቢዎች መልሶ የማቋቋም ተግባራት ሕጻናትን ማእከል ሊያደርጉ ይገባል
ኢሰመኮ ባወጣው መግለጫ፣ በአገር አቀፍ ደረጃ በመነደፍ ወይም በመካሄድ ላይ የሚገኙ ግጭት የተከሰተባቸውን አካባቢዎች መልሶ የማቋቋም ተግባራት በአካባቢዎቹ የሚኖሩና የሚያድጉ ሕጻናትን ያማከሉ እንዲሆኑ ጠየቀ
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Reconstruction & Rehabilitation of Post Conflict Areas Should be Child-Centred
EHRC calls for nationwide policies and efforts of recovery and rehabilitation of post-conflict areas to be child-centred
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Commemoration of the African Day for the Protection of Persons in Pre-trial Detention
On African Day for the Protection of Persons in Pre-trial Detention, EHRC reiterates call for improvement of conditions of pre-trial detention, robust nationwide review of process and facilities of detention
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African Human Rights Day: EHRC prioritizes cooperation with AU rights bodies
African Human Rights Day commemorates entry into force of African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 1986