Eritrea Mandate Needed Until Abuses Addressed

We welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report and her identification of specific benchmarks which, if implemented, could set Eritrea on a path to meaningful human rights reform. It is therefore all the more disappointing that, despite the Special Rapporteur’s constructive approach, there has been no cooperation from Eritrea, no access, and no change on the ground. This echoes the assessment of the Office of the High Commissioner when, at the recent March session, the Deputy High Commissioner noted: “the actual human rights situation for the people of Eritrea has not improved in the past…

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