Event Update
EHRC Visited Ethiopian Migrants held in Wajir County, Kenya
EHRC Staff members in Kenya
Female migrants told of a vicious circle of irregular migration where their human rights are put at risk as they continue to fall prey to smugglers and corrupted authorities
Event Update
ኢሰመኮ በኬንያ ፖሊስ ጣቢያ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ፍልሰተኞችን ጎበኘ
እነዚህ ታሳሪዎች እድሜያቸው ከ18 ዓመት በታች ናቸው የተባሉ ሲሆን አራቱ ደግሞ ሴቶች ናቸው፡፡ እነዚህ ሕጻናት መደበኛ ላልሆነ የፍልሰት አዙሪት የተጋለጡ ሲሆን ይህም የሰብአዊ መብቶቻቸው አደጋ ላይ እንዲወድቅ፣ በሕገወጥ ደላሎች እና በሙስና ለተዘፈቁ ባለሥልጣናት ተጋላጭ ሆነዋል
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
EHRC Quote
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”
Press Release
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
EHRC Quote
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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