Ethiopia
Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Nineteenth session of the UPR Working Group of
The Human Rights Council
May-April 2014 Geneva, Switzerland
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) is a non-political organization which attempts to challenge human rights abuses suffered by the peoples of various nations and nationalities in the Horn of Africa. The HRLHA aims at defending fundamental human rights including freedoms of thought and expression, and raising the awareness of individuals about their own basic human rights and that of others. It focuses on the observances as well as the due processes of law and promotes the growth and development of free and vigorous civil societies. The HRLHA holds the Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council.
Executive Summary
This report mainly focuses on human rights issues in Ethiopia particularly that have occurred in the past four years (2009-2013), which is since the human rights situation in the country was reviewed by the Sixth Session of the Working Group on the UPR in 2009 by the United Nations Human Rights Council. The assessments done by the Sixth Session of the Working Group on the UPR in November/December 2009 based on the human rights reports from the Ethiopian Government, the UN independent investigators, and the civil society organizations indicated that the human rights situation in Ethiopia was bleak, and that the government should take necessary measures to bring about some improvements in this regard in the country. The working group on the UPR of 2009 concluded its assessment by providing 142 recommendations to be considered by the government of Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s responses to the recommendations as of 01/04/2010 showed that the Ethiopian government rejected 43 of them. The government accepted 99 recommendations in principle and presumably will work towards their implementation. However, the reality on the ground shows that the human rights situation in Ethiopia rather deteriorated from year to year after the UPR 2009.
Methodology
The information in this report mainly comes from the HRLHA’s human rights researches, press releases, and urgent actions on human rights violations in Ethiopia that reflect on the Agency’s work of monitoring, investigating and reporting on human rights violations done from 2007 to the present.
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