{"id":23179,"date":"2023-10-17T22:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/viewpoint-victims-left-in-limbo-as-ethiopia-rights-probe-mandate-ends"},"modified":"2023-10-18T00:11:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:11:32","slug":"viewpoint-victims-left-in-limbo-as-ethiopia-rights-probe-mandate-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/viewpoint-victims-left-in-limbo-as-ethiopia-rights-probe-mandate-ends","title":{"rendered":"Viewpoint: Victims \u2018left in limbo\u2019 as Ethiopia rights probe mandate ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on the \u201cstaggering\u201d level of human rights violations and mass killings that have plagued the east African nation since the Tigray conflict erupted in 2020.<\/p>\n

The independent rights investigators\u2019 final report comes as their mandate ended on Friday, coinciding with the end of the UN Human Rights Council\u2019s 54th session, leaving victims in limbo.<\/p>\n

Established by the Council in December 2021, their brief from the Council was to conduct thorough and impartial investigations into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia, perpetrated by all parties to the conflict since 3 November 2020.<\/p>\n

Steven Rather, an expert on the Commission, described the termination of the mandate as a \u201cgreat blow\u201d to victims seeking justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is essential that this work [the investigation] continues, and this legacy report offers a detailed resource to support the fight against impunity in Ethiopia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Horrific findings<\/b><\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s final report presents a detailed account of the atrocities \u2013 which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity \u2013 committed in Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Oromia, pointing a finger at all parties involved.<\/p>\n

Due to time and resource limitations, the Commission was not able to determine the possible crime against humanity of extermination or genocide.<\/p>\n

Experts called for investigations to continue to establish the full facts and legal implications.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian National Defence Forces, Eritrean Defence Forces, and allied regional Special Forces and militias are collectively responsible for a litany of horrors, the report said.<\/p>\n

This includes mass killings, widespread and systematic rape, sexual violence \u2013 including sexual slavery, deliberate starvation, forced displacement, and large-scale arbitrary detentions, all of which constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

Some Tigray forces are also culpable for war crimes, including killings, widespread rape and sexual violence, destruction of property, and looting.<\/p>\n

Lack of accountability<\/b><\/p>\n

The Commission noted that continued violations committed by the Eritrean Defence Forces in Tigray before and after the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in November 2022 \u2013 and the spread of violence across much of the country, highlight the scale of impunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prospects of meaningful domestic accountability are extremely remote,\u201d said Radhika Coomaraswamy, an expert serving on the Commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demands of victims and survivors for justice and accountability are clear and unwavering, and their voices must be heard,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n

International call<\/b><\/p>\n

The shutting down of the Commission cannot signal the end of the road, especially when the risks of future atrocity crimes remain glaringly visible, chairperson Mohamed Chande Othman said.<\/p>\n

He called on the international community, including regional actors, to not forget the victims of the brutal conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cStates must continue to place the situation of human rights in Ethiopia high on the international agenda, and actively investigate and prosecute crimes committed in Ethiopia before their respective domestic courts, under the principle of universal jurisdiction,\u201d he said. AS<\/b><\/p>\n

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