Topic: Freedom of Association

OPEN HRCO releases the Executive Summary of the 142nd Special Report

HRCO 142nd Special Report English Executive summary In anticipation of the translation of the 142nd Special Report from Amharic to English, HRCO releases the Executive Summary of the report. The Special Report shows the findings of the investigations r …

OPEN HRCO at 25: We renew our vows to strive for the realization of real Democracy, Rule of Law and the observance of Human Rights

We renew our vows to strive for the realization of real Democracy, Rule of Law and the observance of Human Rights more than ever. The Predecessor of today’s Human Rights Council(HRCO), the Ethiopian Human Rights Council(EHRCO) was established by Articl …

OPEN Respect the people’s Right to Demonstrate! Stop the Violence by State Security Forces!

HRCO Right to demonstration press release The Human Rights Council HRCO calls for the respect of people’s right to demonstration and urge the government to stop the violence by State security forces. In its press release issued on September 1, 2016, HR …

OPEN Joint Submission to the 19th Session of the Universal Periodic Review

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 …