Probably timely and necessary; but the selectivity is appalling. Human rights violations anywhere is violation everywhere!
In an historic step, the UN Human Rights Commission has decided to establish a Commission to investigate the notorious human rights violations in Eritrea. The full text of the resolution is included below, but this is the key section:
“7. Decides to establish, for a period of one year, a commission of inquiry comprising three members, one of whom should be the Special Rapporteur, with the other two members appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council;
8. Also decides that the commission of inquiry will investigate all alleged violations of human rights in Eritrea, as outlined in the reports of the Special Rapporteur;”
The decision follows lengthy campaigns by Eritrean and international human rights organisations, appalled by the continued denial of basic rights in Eritrea. This is only the third occasion in which such a Commission has been established – previous Commissions investigated North Korea and Syria.
Martin
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The Ethiopia Observatory 