![]() ’ In the text, the Council expressed grave concern for the human rights situation in the region, after months of armed conflict between rebel groups and the federal government. In 2020, OHCHR increased support on sustainable development goals in Ethiopia to promote a rights-based approach to the 2030 Agenda, contributed to rights-based humanitarian action, and advocated for the expansion of civic space in the nation.įollowing the outbreak of violence, in March 2021, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced a joint investigation with representatives from the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) into allegations of human rights violations since the start of the conflict.Īt its 47th Session, on 13 July 2021, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the ‘Situation of human rights in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Prior to the outbreak of the current conflict in November of 2020, Ethiopia had been mentioned in the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ annual reports to the Human Rights Council in the following contexts: in 2019, the High Commissioner reported that the OHCHR had conducted regional sessions on sustainable development goals in Ethiopia, provided support and advice to the humanitarian country team, participated in the work of humanitarian ‘protection clusters’ in the nation, and conducted a workshop with government representatives on the gender-dimension of criminal justice. The Council’s action on the human rights situation in the Ethiopia to date Webcasts of statements delivered during the Session can be found here. Special Sessions of the Council aim to provide a platform for the Council to consider and act on urgent human rights issues of either a country-specific or a thematic nature. In conformity with operative paragraph 10 of the General Assembly resolution 60/251, the Human Rights Council is ‘able to hold Special Sessions, when needed, at the request of a member of the Council with the support of one third of the membership of the Council’ (i.e. Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Human Rights Council, was officially supported by 17 member States and 35 observer States. The Special Session was requested via an official letter dated 13 December 2021 and signed by H.E Lotte Knudsen, Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations Office in Geneva, as well as H.E Anita Pipan, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to United Nations Office in Geneva. ![]() On Friday 17th December 2021, the Human Rights Council convened a Special Session to address ‘the grave human rights situation in Ethiopia’.
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