Human Rights Council – Ethiopia
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Human Rights Council – Ethiopia
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In this document, CIVICUS, EHAHRDP and HRCO outline urgent concerns related to the environment in which civil society activists and human rights defenders operate in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and discuss threats faced in the exercise
In 2008 there were 127 rights-based, non-governmental organizations operating in Ethiopia.1 Largely dependent on foreign donor assistance, Ethiopia’s nascent human rights community acted as a bulwark against the rapidly deteriorating respect for civil
“In search of a more fertile farmland, persons originally residing in Northern Ethiopia, particularly from the Amhara Regional State, have migrated to the Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Regional State (SNNPRS) of Ethiopia. Beginning around
” The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) has utterly denounced the various attacks that took place at various times. It has also been calling for the perpetrators of the attacks to be brought to justice, the provision of commensurate compensation f
” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Ethiopia has adopted, prohibits cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment under article 5. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Ethiopia is a party, affirming
“The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) has repeatedly urged for the immediate stoppage of human rights violations such as killing, illegal detention, beating, torture and harassments committed by various organs of the Government so that the proble