GENEVA — The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet is urging the Ethiopian government, Tigrayan forces and other armed groups to end the violence and abuses that are keeping northern Ethiopia in crisis. U.N. rights chief Bachelet expressed alarm Tuesday at the growing human rights and humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia. She said the […]
Continue ReadingCollege of Law and Governance Studies of Addis Ababa University (AAU) organized a Panel Discussion on “Making National Dialogue Deliver” in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation (FES) at Sheraton Addis Hotel on the 3rd of March 2022.Mr…
Continue ReadingAs Ghana celebrates the 65th anniversary of its independence from Britain, it is worth revisiting the landmark speech Kwame Nkrumah delivered at midnight to mark the event of Ghana’s birth. Nkrumah had led a mass movement demanding self-government in t…
Continue ReadingGENEVA — A report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council Friday finds a lack of progress in the human rights situation in Eritrea.Investigators said that dissenting voices are being violently and systematically crushed by the government.U.N. specia…
Continue ReadingGeneva, 2 March 2022 — The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas (Argentina), today announced the appointment of Fatou Bensouda of Gambia, Kaari Betty Murungi of Kenya and Steven Ratner of the United States of America to serve as the three members of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. […]
Continue ReadingGENEVA — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be hotly debated during the five-week U.N. Human Rights Council session that begins Monday.Heads of state and other dignitaries representing more than 140 countries will address the U.N. Human Rights Council o…
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