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Reiterating its deep concern about ongoing reports of the arrest and detention of
people on the basis of their ethnicity, the poor conditions of detention for those arrested and
the allegations of ill-treatment in detention and lack of judicial review, as well as the targeting
of journalists and other media workers, and calling upon the Government of Ethiopia to
publish the list of detainees and to provide adequate opportunity for independent
organizations to visit detention centres,
Recalling that it was indicated in the report on the joint investigation of the Office of
the High Commissioner and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission of 3 November 2021
that there was a need for further investigation of a number of alleged violations and abuses
committed by all parties between 3 November 2020 and 28 June 2021, and taking into
consideration that serious human rights violations and abuses, as well as violations of
international humanitarian law and violations of international refugee law, reportedly
continue to be committed across a number of regions in Ethiopia, including Afar, Amhara,
Oromia and Tigray, prompting the need for additional inquiries to promote accountability
and justice for victims and survivors,
Stressing that the gravity and seriousness of the findings of the joint investigation and
of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia call for further
independent investigation and the appropriate prosecution of those responsible, and
emphasizing the importance of ensuring that such investigations comply with international
standards, including with respect to transparency, while also addressing issues of command
responsibility, in order to address impunity in a meaningful way,
Noting that the limitations placed on the budget and staffing of the International
Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia have significantly reduced its ability, to
date, to discharge its mandate fully,
Cognizant that the Government of Ethiopia has acknowledged that members of the
Ethiopian National Defence Forces and regional security forces committed violations of
international human rights law and international humanitarian law and is taking steps with a
view to ensuring accountability,
Calling for similar acknowledgments by the Government of Eritrea, the Tigray
People’s Liberation Front and all other parties to the conflict,
Welcoming the establishment by the Government of Ethiopia of an interministerial
task force to oversee redress and accountability measures in response to human rights
violations and abuses committed in the context of the conflict in northern Ethiopia,
Welcoming also the first visit to Ethiopia of the International Commission of Human
Rights Experts on Ethiopia since its establishment, from 25 to 30 July 2022, and the
Government’s willingness to meet with the Commission to discuss possible modalities for
future cooperation,
Reiterating that the Commission was established with a view to complementing the
work undertaken by the joint investigative team and thus furthering the work of ongoing and
eventual accountability processes,
Urging all parties to the conflict to provide the Commission with unhindered access
to relevant areas, testimonies and pieces of information in the discharge of its mandate,
Reaffirming the importance of the full, equal and meaningful participation of women
in planning and decision-making with regard to mediation, confidence-building, conflict
prevention and resolution, and of their involvement in all efforts to maintain and promote
peace and security, and the need to prevent and provide redress for human rights violations
and abuses, such as all forms of violence against women and girls, especially sexual and
gender-based violence,
Concerned at continued reports of the increase in incidents of hate speech by all
parties, including on social media,
Bearing in mind that impunity for violations and abuses of human rights and violations
of international humanitarian law encourages their recurrence and is a fundamental obstacle
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