HRC48: Denmark supports joint statement expressing grave concern over the human rights situation in Tigray
Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update on the Situation of Human Rights in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
Joint Statement Delivered by the Delegation of the United States of America
Human Rights Council - 48th Session
September 13, 2021
Madame High Commissioner, this statement is delivered on behalf of XX countries. It is available on the Extranet.
We underscore the importance of your joint investigation and call for the report to be released soon.
We remain gravely concerned by ongoing violence in northern Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government and regional authorities’ cutting off of Tigray and the TPLF’s expansion of the conflict into neighboring regions have caused a humanitarian catastrophe.
We are deeply concerned by numerous reports of Eritrean Defense Forces’ engagement in serious human rights abuses, and we call on them to withdraw immediately.
We are deeply concerned about the killing of civilians and humanitarian workers, as well as the widespread use of sexual and gender-based violence and attacks on Eritrean refugees and displaced persons in Ethiopia. Those responsible for human rights violations and abuses must be held accountable.
We call on all parties to commit immediately to safe and unimpeded humanitarian access.
We also urge the Ethiopian government and TPLF to enter ceasefire negotiations without preconditions.
Our Question is: Will you brief the Council on the report once it is released?
Joint Statement Delivered by the Delegation of the United States of America
Human Rights Council - 48th Session
September 13, 2021
Madame High Commissioner, this statement is delivered on behalf of XX countries. It is available on the Extranet.
We underscore the importance of your joint investigation and call for the report to be released soon.
We remain gravely concerned by ongoing violence in northern Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government and regional authorities’ cutting off of Tigray and the TPLF’s expansion of the conflict into neighboring regions have caused a humanitarian catastrophe.
We are deeply concerned by numerous reports of Eritrean Defense Forces’ engagement in serious human rights abuses, and we call on them to withdraw immediately.
We are deeply concerned about the killing of civilians and humanitarian workers, as well as the widespread use of sexual and gender-based violence and attacks on Eritrean refugees and displaced persons in Ethiopia. Those responsible for human rights violations and abuses must be held accountable.
We call on all parties to commit immediately to safe and unimpeded humanitarian access.
We also urge the Ethiopian government and TPLF to enter ceasefire negotiations without preconditions.
Our Question is: Will you brief the Council on the report once it is released?