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Rights Groups Urge UN Special Session on Northern Ethiopia Conflict

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Rights Groups Urge UN Special Session on Northern Ethiopia Conflict
AI SUMMARY

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other rights organizations have called on the UN Human Rights Council to hold an emergency session on human rights violations stemming from the renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia.

  • Continental and international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called on the UN Human Rights Council to immediately convene a special session.
  • The session is requested to address human rights violations resulting from the renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia.
  • The organizations urged the establishment of an independent group of three experts drawn from continental and international bodies to monitor human rights, compile reports, and provide recommendations.
  • The organizations requested the Ethiopian government to grant the proposed expert group access to the country for human rights investigations.