Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Acting Deputy Prime Minister, Demeke Mekonen on Wednesday slammed the United Nations (UN) and the Africa Commission on Human and People\u2019s Rights (ACHPR) for establishing probes to deal with alleged northern Ethiopia war abuses.<\/p>\n
Addressing the African Union Ministerial Session, Demeke said the UN established International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) and the ACHPR probes are undermining Ethiopia\u2019s own peace and accountability measures.
\n\u201cThe ICHREE was formed while the government had accepted the findings of the joint Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),\u201d Demeke told African ministers.<\/p>\n
Demeke complained the establishment of ICHREE in late 2021- and another one-year renewal of its mandate in 2022 came despite Ethiopia establishing the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce to oversee the implementation of the EHRC-OHCHR recommendations.
\n\u201cThe ICHREE produced a flawed and politically motivated report. To our regret the (UN) human rights council extended mandate of this commission for an additional period of one year despite opposition from African members of the council,\u201d the Ethiopian FM said.<\/p>\n
Ominously, Demeke warned the ICHREE\u2019s work could undermine the AU lead peace process and the implementation of the Pretoria peace agreement with \u201cinflammatory rhetoric\u201d.
\nThe Ethiopian government and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) which control parts of the northernmost Tigray region signed the Pretoria and Nairobi peace agreements in November 2022.<\/p>\n
The peace deals include among other things restoration of law and order, withdrawal of foreign and non-Ethiopia army forces, disarmament of Tigrayan combatants, restoration of basic services and unhindered access to humanitarian supplies.
\nDemeke also slammed the ACHPR for forming a \u201cunilateral inquiry commission\u201d into northern Ethiopia war abuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe commission made this decision irrespective of the government\u2019s invitation for joint investigation with our national institutions,\u201d the Ethiopia FM said criticizing ACHPR.
\nDemeke similarly warned the ACHPR \u201cnot to undermine\u201d the AU led peace process as well as the Pretoria peace agreement and its full implementation.<\/p>\n
The ACHPR is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collecting people\u2019s rights throughout the African continent.
\nACHPR is also tasked with interpreting the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights and considering individual complaints of violations of the charter.
\nThe ACHPR headquarter is based in Banjul, the capital of the west African state of Gambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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