Addis Abeba – Despite repeated please from rights organizations worldwide, the deadline to submit a draft motion to extend the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) at the 54th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council passed today at 1:00 PM CEST today. “One of the Human Rights Council’s most important roles is to help prevent human rights violations and respond to human rights emergencies,” said commission member Radhika Coomaraswamy. “The situation in Ethiopia clearly merits such attention and it is vital that this continues.”1pm in Geneva, deadline for tabling #HRC54 resolutions just passed. @EU_UNGeneva went against all its stated principles by not tabling a draft to extend UN scrutiny over #Ethiopia situation. These crimes – including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity – are identified in the UN Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes.

Source: Ethiopian News October 04, 2023 15:36 UTC