Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by an international rights probe, the Human Rights Council agreed in a vote on Friday. For a special session to happen, one third of the Council's 47 Members must support the request. According to the resolution, the new probe should comprise three human rights experts, all appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council. Speaking as the concerned country, the Government of Ethiopia delegation rejected the Council proceedings as politically motivated interference, before insisting on its "unreserved commitment" to human rights. The Tigrayan separatists had also destroyed food warehouses, schools, health facilities and industrial parks, but "the initiators of this Special Session would not care less", the Ethiopian representative maintained.

Source: Ethiopian News December 17, 2021 15:50 UTC