A/HRC/RES/38/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 July 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-eighth session
18 June–6 July 2018
Agenda item 4
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 6 July 2018
38/15.
Situation of human rights in Eritrea
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international
human rights instruments,
Recalling resolution 91 and decisions 250/2002, 275/2003 and 428/12 of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Recalling also its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the
Council, both of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or
her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Recalling further its previous resolutions and all reports on the situation of human
rights in Eritrea,
Welcoming the action taken by the Government of Eritrea to protect and promote the
economic and social rights of its people, including through the early achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals and its commitment to the Sustainable Development
Goals,
Welcoming also the submission of the initial report of Eritrea to the African
Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its sixty-second ordinary session,
Regretting the continued lack of cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in Eritrea, including the denial of access to the country,
Recalling the previous reports of the commission of inquiry on human rights in
Eritrea, and of the Special Rapporteur, while continuing to express its deep concern at the
findings that there are reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have
been committed in Eritrea since 1991, including arbitrary arrest and incommunicado
detention, enforced disappearance and torture, and reiterating that all perpetrators of such
violations and abuses must be held accountable,
Emphasizing that every citizen has the right to take part in the conduct of public
affairs of his or her country, directly or through freely chosen representatives, and
expressing grave concern that national elections have not been held in Eritrea since 1993,
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