Security forces used excessive, and sometimes lethal, force and carried out extrajudicial executions. Hundreds of people were killed and property destroyed in ethnically motivated violence by armed groups and militias. Opposition members and journalists were subjected to arbitrary arrests and...

Given Ethiopia government’s repeated denial of credible allegations of international crimes committed by all actors (including by the Eritrean government), deep rooted culture of impunity and weak domestic legal infrastructure (such as the absence of a provision on crime against humanity), what...

We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations write to urge your delegations to reject any resolution to prematurely terminate the mandate of ICHREE, and to express your support for the mandate and work of the Commission. The independent mandate and work of ICHREE is crucial to...

Since 2017, as part of a campaign to crackdown on undocumented migrants, Saudi authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian migrants crossing the border from Yemen or residing in Saudi Arabia, held them in indefinite detention in inhuman and cruel conditions, subjected...

Amnesty International welcomes the convening of the 73rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the first in-person session in more than two years. In this statement, Amnesty International highlights the issue of ensuring rights and justice for survivors of sexual...

This oral statement urges the Human Rights Council to extend the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) Commission’s mandate and boost its budget and capacity to conduct its work.

This public statement calls on the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), and AU member states to prioritize justice, truth and reparations in Ethiopia. Specifically, Amnesty International is asking the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to extend the mandate of the International Commission of...

This joint letter urges the Human Rights Council to support a resolution that reflects the human rights situation in Ethiopia and extends the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on the country (ICHREE) for a year.

Amnesty International welcomes the establishment of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia and their briefing to the Council. Since the outbreak of the conflict in Tigray in November 2020 that subsequently spread to neighboring regions, Amnesty International has documented...

The report, ‘We Will Erase You From This Land’: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone, documents how newly-appointed officials in Western Tigray and security forces from the neighbouring Amhara region, with the acquiescence and possible participation of...

Tigrayan fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed civilians, raped and sexually assaulted women and girls, and looted homes, shops, schools and medical clinics in two localities they controlled for a period of several weeks last year in Ethiopia’s...

Through this oral statement, delivererd at the the UN Human Rights Council during the special session on Ethiopia on 17 December 2021, Amnesty International raised concern over grave human rights violations and abuses and urged UN member states to suport the creation of a meaningful international...

As Ethiopia stands on the brink of a human rights and humanitarian catastrophe, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) must fulfil its mandate to address human rights crises, and prevent further violations.