Both government troops and rebels were accused of these gross human rights violations. An ad-hoc International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia established by the UN Human Rights Council in its initial findings noted that the parties to the conflict had committed some atrocities that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UN Secretary-General, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and other NGOs in a report also accused the warring parties as being responsible for international crimes. Pressure has since been piling on perpetrators to be held to account and for justice to prevail for millions of Tigrayan victims whose lives have been disrupted. Ethiopia has also not ratified some key international human rights protocols which would provide other avenues to prosecute the case - for example in the African Court on Human Rights in Arusha further.

Source: Ethiopian News December 31, 2022 16:41 UTC