Situation of Human Rights in Ethiopia

A/HRC/RES/51/27View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2021–2022

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/27	Situation of human rights in Ethiopia	2,375	45%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/S-33/1	Situation of human rights in Ethiopia	2,240	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Accountability Commissions of Inquiry Ethiopia Experts Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Internal Security

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Condemns in the strongest terms all human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and international refugee law committed in northern Ethiopia by all parties to the conflict since it began on 3 November 2020, and stresses that all those responsible for such violations and abuses must be held accountable for their actions and brought to justice;

Reiterates its call for an immediate halt to all human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and international refugee law and for the full respect of international humanitarian law and all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia;

Urges all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia to heed the repeated calls to immediately end hostilities and restore the cessation of hostilities, without preconditions, and to engage in the ongoing mediation efforts led by the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa Region and in an inclusive national dialogue, with a view to reducing tensions and achieving sustainable and inclusive peace;

Demands that all parties to the conflict comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, refrain from directing attacks against civilians, including on the basis of their ethnicity or gender, and civilian objects, in particular those indispensable to the survival of the population, including crops, livestock and medicines, refrain from incitement to hatred and violence, avoid further damage to critical civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools, take special measures to end and prevent violations and abuses and ensure the protection of women and children, and end any measures that may exacerbate the already acute humanitarian crisis;

Calls upon all parties to the conflict to facilitate full, safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access and the delivery of humanitarian supplies, including across conflict lines, to ensure that humanitarian relief reaches all civilians in need, in particular internally displaced persons and those in vulnerable situations, to respect the independence of humanitarian agencies and guarantee the protection of humanitarian personnel, and to end attacks on and the intimidation of humanitarian workers and agencies;

Calls upon all parties to the conflict that have not yet acknowledged responsibility and committed to concrete measures with clear time frames for implementing the recommendations made by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in the report on the joint investigation and by the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to do so without delay;

Welcomes the steps taken to date by the Government of Ethiopia to implement the recommendations made by the Office of the High Commissioner and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in the report on the joint investigation, and encourages the Government to proceed without delay and in an impartial and transparent manner to ensure accountability and redress for the victims of violations and abuses committed in the conflict;

Notes with concern that the current circumstances of ongoing hostilities may not be conducive to ensuring prompt, independent, transparent and impartial investigations at the national level in line with the standards of international law;

Decides to renew the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia for a further period of one year;

Requests the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to present an oral briefing to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-second session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and to present a written report to the Council at its fifty-fourth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to provide, in consultation with the Government of Ethiopia, advice and technical assistance, in order to strengthen the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the criminal justice system, and transitional justice, including accountability and reconciliation processes in general;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all the resources and expertise, including additional expertise on sexual and gender-based violence, transitional justice and forensics, necessary to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to provide such administrative, technical and logistical support as is required to implement the provisions of the present resolution;

Reaffirms the critical importance of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia receiving all necessary funding to be able to implement its mandate in the most effective way possible;

Calls upon all parties to the conflict to grant the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia and its members unhindered access without delay and to allow them to visit sites, and to meet and speak freely and privately with whomever they wish to meet or speak;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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