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Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention

September 27, 2022September 28, 2022User2

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate held under its agenda item four on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. The general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention started in previous meetings and summaries can be found . In the general debate, some speakers addressed the autonomy […]

Irish Taoiseach rails against ‘Security Council’s failure to act’ at UN General Assembly

September 24, 2022September 25, 2022User2

Micheál Martin, the head of the Irish Government, used his General Assembly speech on Thursday to express his frustration at the “Security Council’s failure to act” in tackling a range of peace and security issues. Noting that 2022 is Ireland’s centenary year as a sovereign country, and Mr. Martin pointed out that one of […]

Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic and Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burundi

September 23, 2022September 24, 2022User2

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic and began an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi. It also concluded […]

Statement by the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to the 51st session of the Human Rights Council

September 22, 2022September 23, 2022User2

The United Nations International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia presents its report to the Human Rights Council at a challenging and perilous time for Ethiopia and its people. After a five-month cessation of hostilities, fighting resumed last month between the Federal Government and its allies, and forces backing the TPLF. That fighting appears to be […]

Report Reveals 2,212 Sex and Gender-based Violence in Afar, Amhara States

September 21, 2022September 22, 2022User2

Some 2,212 women, girls, boys, and men were subjected to sex and gender-based violence (SGBV), including gang rape, when the Tigray People’s Liberation Front took over parts of the Amhara and Afar regions, a report of the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Accountability and Redress Investigation and Prosecutions Committee revealed. According to the report, the committee proved […]

Int’l Rights Commission Report Does Not Meet UN Investigation System, Standards: Task Force

September 21, 2022September 22, 2022User2

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) report is agenda-driven and did not meet the UN investigation system and standards, according to the Inter-Ministerial Task Force to Oversee Human Rights Violations in Northern Ethiopia. Briefing journalists today, Inter-Ministerial Task Force Secretariat Head Tadesse Kassa said the report didn’t show the true scale and […]