Fri. Mar 24th, 2023

Ugandan Eyes

we see, we care

Ethiopia International Politics

Africa backs Addis protest against UN session on Ethiopia human rights

Bynull

Dec 15, 2021 , , ,

By AGGREY MUTAMBO

African countries have rallied behind Ethiopia in protesting against a planned special session at the UN Human Rights Council, which is aimed at reprimand Addis Ababa’s alleged war atrocities in Tigray region.

On Tuesday, none of the continent’s 13 representatives in the 47-member body of the UN, based in Geneva, backed a proposal to have the Human Rights Council discuss Ethiopia as had been proposed by the European Union.

The session was due to be held later on Tuesday but the suggestion lacked African support.

Those pushing for the debate were mostly Western members of the Council, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France and Denmark.

The revelations emerged a day after Ethiopia issued a call to members of the Council to reject what it called a “regrettable” move to have the Tigray war discussed for the possibility of creating a special team to investigate war crimes in the country.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Spokesperson, Bellene Seyoum, said the move had a “politically motivated objective” and accused some members of the human rights body of choosing “to advance their political agenda through the work of the Council.”

“Ethiopia therefore calls on members of the Council to categorically reject and vote against the special session and its politically motivated outcome,” Ms Billene said on Monday in a statement.

“What should have been a priority for the Council instead was the urgent task of carrying out investigation into the violations of human rights and atrocities committed by the TPLF terrorist group in the Afar and Amhara regional states. It is unfortunate to witness that no such call has come forth from some in the Council.’

The proposal to discuss Ethiopia emerged last Friday, pushed by the European Union.

On Monday, EU’s Head of Delegation to the UN in Geneva, Lotte Knudsen, wrote a joint letter with Slovak Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Anita Pipan, asking for a special session “because of the importance and urgency of the situation” in Ethiopia.

They said the request had the support of both members and observer states of the Human Rights Council, such as the US (which only returned to supporting the body after President Donald Trump left power.)

As is the rule, such a move required at least a third of the members supporting and according to the letter, 17 members of the Council and 35 non-members endorsed the call to have it go on later on Tuesday.

None of Africa’s members of the Council endorsed the move and none of the non-members who support the call came from Africa.

The continent is currently represented by Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Eritrea, Libya, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Togo.

They are all serving three-year terms on the Council, although their start dates are staggered as is tradition with the Council.

The call though has been endorsed by other members, including South Korea, Fiji, Ukraine, Japan, Poland, Netherlands, Mexico and Bulgaria.

“The Human Rights Council has to stand up to its responsibilities,” Knudsen said on Monday, amplifying the call by EU High Representative Josep Borrel who had said the world has not reacted “properly to the large-scale human rights violations, mass rapes using sexual violence as a war arm, killings and concentration camps based on ethnic belonging.”

The problem though, says Ethiopia, is that discussing the country’s war problem appears to repeat what has already been done.

Earlier in August, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights conducted a joint investigation into alleged rights violations and abuses, and violations of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

It found that both the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian government forces and allied militia had committed atrocities, including killings, rape, forcible displacement and torture. But it did not find evidence of genocide.

Ethiopia says it has since formed a multiagency taskforce to implement some of the proposals in the report, including prosecution, rehabilitation of those who surrender, humanitarian service as well as assisting those who were sexually violated.

The problem though is that the war hasn’t stopped.

The government and the TPLF, once a ruling party and now a proscribed group, have been fighting since November last year.

The war has led to a large-scale humanitarian crisis, besides deaths of civilians, according to the UN.

Hits: 25

By null

Related Post

Africa Health Politics resources Terrorism US

Inside America’s secretive biolabs

Apr 18, 2022 null
Africa International

Rwanda faces soaring food prices amid Ukraine crisis

Apr 11, 2022 null
Africa Biosecurity Health International US

Why should Africans be concerned about US biolabs in Ukraine

Apr 6, 2022 null
576 thoughts on “Africa backs Addis protest against UN session on Ethiopia human rights”

  2. Greetings! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to
    give a quick shout out and tell you I genuinely enjoy reading your articles.
    Can you recommend any other blogs/websites/forums that cover
    the same topics? Thanks a lot!

    Reply

  4. Hmm is anyone else experiencing problems with the pictures on this blog
    loading? I’m trying to find out if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog.
    Any feed-back would be greatly appreciated.

    Reply

    1. 1995; 345 152932 п»їcialis Important points for consideration include the qualifications and experience of personnel, types of patients being treated, support services available, cost, convenience, live birth rates per ART cycle started, and multiple pregnancy rates

      Reply

  7. I have been exploring for a little bit for any high quality articles
    or blog posts on this kind of house . Exploring in Yahoo
    I at last stumbled upon this web site. Reading this information So i’m happy to express that I have a very excellent uncanny feeling I discovered exactly
    what I needed. I such a lot no doubt will make certain to do
    not omit this site and provides it a look on a relentless
    basis.

    Reply

  8. Fantastic blog! Do you have any recommendations for aspiring
    writers? I’m planning to start my own website soon but I’m a little lost
    on everything. Would you recommend starting with a free platform like WordPress or go
    for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally
    confused .. Any ideas? Thanks a lot!

    Reply

    1. generic cialis cost In this report, Public Citizen lists 53 drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than 10 years ago that have required new black box warnings over the past five years and also provides a list of more than 400 drugs for which the brand name product is no longer sold

      Reply

  11. Thanks for sharing superb informations. Your web-site is very cool. I am impressed by the details that you?¦ve on this web site. It reveals how nicely you understand this subject. Bookmarked this website page, will come back for more articles. You, my pal, ROCK! I found simply the info I already searched everywhere and simply couldn’t come across. What a perfect web site.

    Reply

  12. Hi my family member! I wish to say that this article is amazing, great written and include almost all vital infos.
    I would like to peer extra posts like this .

    Reply

  13. Pretty component of content. I just stumbled
    upon your website and in accession capital to say that I get actually enjoyed
    account your weblog posts. Anyway I will be subscribing in your augment or even I achievement you get admission to consistently fast.

    Reply

  19. Hey There. I found your blog using msn. This is a really well written article.
    I’ll be sure to bookmark it and return to read more of your useful info.
    Thanks for the post. I’ll certainly comeback.

    Reply

  22. Hi, i believe that i noticed you visited my web site thus
    i got here to return the prefer?.I am attempting to to find issues to improve my web site!I guess its good enough to
    make use of a few of your concepts!!

    Reply

  35. Today, while I was at work, my cousin stole my apple ipad and tested
    to see if it can survive a twenty five foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My iPad is now destroyed
    and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!

    Reply

  38. Hi, Neat post. There is an issue along with your web site in internet explorer, might
    check this? IE nonetheless is the marketplace leader and a
    large component to folks will pass over your magnificent writing due
    to this problem.

    Reply

    1. Then, you use all kinds amlodipine 5mg valsartan 80 mg of excuses to hold off on fulfilling the engagement, and then, you can continue playing with her, or you can abandon her buy generic cialis online I just know I don t like riding this ride or running this race much at all

      Reply

  41. I have been browsing online more than 4 hours today,
    yet I never found any interesting article like yours.
    It is pretty worth enough for me. Personally, if all web owners and bloggers made good content as
    you did, the net will be much more useful than ever before.

    Reply

  45. You are so awesome! I do not think I’ve read through anything like this before.
    So good to discover another person with a few genuine thoughts on this subject matter.
    Really.. many thanks for starting this up. This web site
    is one thing that is needed on the web, someone with some originality!

    Reply

  50. Link exchange is nothing else however it is simply placing the
    other person’s weblog link on your page at proper place and other person will also do same in favor
    of you.

    Reply

    1. Courtesy of JosГ© A Oteo, MD, Centro de Rickettsiosis y Enfermedades Transmitidas por ArtrГіpodos Vectores, Hospital Universitario San Pedro Centro de InvestigaciГіn BiomГ©dica de La Rioja CIBIR purchase cialis There are 7 days left until October which is officially my favourite month

      Reply

    1. 94 kb proximal promoter of the mouse myelin basic protein promoter, the 627 bp human HB EGF DTR CDS, and the 1 buying cialis generic If skin biopsy is performed, the histology shows dermal edema without epidermal injury, along with an inflammatory infiltrate

      Reply

    1. Even if LASIK corrects your distance vision, you may need to wear glasses for reading cialis daily If those drugs with smaller price dispersion represent a large fraction of total sales for the given condition, our results would be overstated

      Reply

  224. thanks for Your writing is too much to be posted simply on blogs. I think more people should read your writing. I’m going to write about your writing and blogging on my blog. I hope you can come to my blog and check out more people’s opinions. 안전놀이터

    Reply

  357. What i don’t realize is in fact how you are now not actually much more neatly-preferred than you may be now. You are very intelligent. You realize thus considerably in relation to this subject, produced me personally believe it from a lot of various angles. Its like men and women are not interested unless it is one thing to accomplish with Woman gaga! Your personal stuffs excellent. Always maintain it up!

    Reply

  366. Whats up this is kinda of off topic but I was wondering if blogs use WYSIWYG editors or if you have to manually code with HTML. I’m starting a blog soon but have no coding expertise so I wanted to get guidance from someone with experience. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Reply

  435. Can we simply say how helpful it is to find someone on the Internet who truly knows what they are saying? You undoubtedly know tips on how to communicate a problem mildly and make it important. Additional people should read this and understand the aspects of this story. I can’t believe you’re not more widespread, no doubt you’re talented. https://esmkslvivi.com/

    Reply

  436. Imagine for sure what you said. Your favorite justification seemed the simplest thing to consider on the Internet. I tell you, I’m certainly annoyed while people consider issues that they clearly do not recognise. You’ve nailed it to the top and defined everything with no side effects. People can get signals. Maybe come back to get more. Thank you. https://fbddbrdd.com/

    Reply

  437. Professional technicians in the Chicago area are qualified, highly trained, and, most importantly, friendly employees who won’t mind managing the appliance. We have been trained and certified in A/C repair of air conditioning machine manufacturers or models. https://qqkedvivi.com/

    Reply

  530. My developer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP. I have always disliked the idea because of the expenses. But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using Movable-type on numerous websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to another platform. I have heard excellent things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can import all my wordpress posts into it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Reply

  531. Hi, I do believe this is a great website.“오피뷰”
    I stumbledupon it 😉 I may revisit once again since I bookmarked it. Money
    and freedom is the greatest way to change, may you be rich and continue to guide other people.

    Reply