As rights abuses continue unabated in Ethiopia, international scrutiny is key. The Human Rights Council’s establishment of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) sent a strong message that accountability for the grave crimes committed since the conflict’s onset in November 2020 was a priority. Warring parties have carried out widespread human rights and laws-of-war violations, including massacres, sexual violence, deliberate attacks on aid workers, and pillage of civilian infrastructure. In Western Tigray, Amhara security forces and officials have conducted an ethnic cleansing campaign against Tigrayans, where Tigrayans remain in inhumane detention conditions. In the Amhara and Afar regions, Tigrayan forces’ executed civilians, committed widespread sexual violence, and pillaged civilian infrastructure, resulting in lasting harm.

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2022 11:18 UTC