But he said the goal was to get "unhindered access" to other regions. An earlier joint investigation by the UN rights office and Ethiopia's Human Rights Commission determined that possible war crimes and crimes against humanity had been committed by all sides. Murungi, a Kenyan High Court lawyer, is joined on the panel by US law professor Ratner and Radhika Coomaraswamy, the former chair of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission. "The Ethiopian government has responded to our request to visit Addis Ababa positively," Murungi said. "We are hopeful that the consultations in Addis Ababa will result in access for our investigators to sites of violations to be identified, and to survivors, victims and witnesses."

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2022 15:31 UTC