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The Commission Calls on the Human Rights Council to support the implementation of the joint investigation recommendations and to encourage ongoing independent investigations in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Public Statement | December 16, 2021
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Detention of media personnel
The Commission also reiterates that the relevant authorities should closely monitor that the state of emergency proclamation is implemented in a manner that strictly adheres to human rights principles.
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Join us and Stand Up for Human Rights on Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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EHRC thanks its stakeholders for their support in its success in obtaining “A” status reaccreditation
Awarded by The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) after a rigorous review process, an “A” status accreditation means full compliance with the “Paris Principles”
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Ethiopia’s human rights watchdog is still criticizing all parties to the escalating conflict – The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Fear of imprisonment and retaliation silences Ethiopia’s human rights defenders and critics of the government. The Institute’s partner organisation, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) keeps calling on the parties to the conflict.
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Human rights: Civilian suffering in Tigray – The World Today
By August 2021, more than 1.7 million people were internally displaced in Tigray, while Afar and Amhara regional states have also been affected, with fighting continuing to expand in these regions.
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Online-Discussion: Human rights, transitional justice and the difficult search for a political solution in Ethiopia – German Africa Foundation (DAS)
A conversation with Dr Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and Winner of the German Africa Award 2021
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EHRC marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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.
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Introducing #KeepWordSafe #ጤናማቃላት
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launched on November 20, 2021 a new social media hashtag called #KeepWordSafe (#ጤናማቃላት in Amharic).
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EHRC Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia at the 69th Session of ACHPR
Statement of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on the “Human Rights Situation in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia”