Ethiopia: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as rights probe mandate ends

adminOctober 13, 2023September 17, 202404 mins

The independent rights investigators’ final report comes as their mandate ended on Friday, coinciding with the end of the UN Human Rights Council’s 54th session, leaving victims in limbo. Established by the Council in December 2021, their brief from the Council was to conduct through and impartial investigations into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia,…

UN rights body extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Russia

adminOctober 12, 2023September 17, 202404 mins

The UN Human Rights Council also “strongly urged” Russian authorities to comply with all the State’s obligations under international human rights law. It also called for upholding fundamental freedoms, including those of thought, opinion and expression, and peaceful assembly, “in particular by removing restrictions on diversity in ideas, criticism and dissent as well as associated…