UN Rights Council Rejects Bad-Faith Bid to End Eritrea Scrutiny

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Hannes P Albert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the Eritrean government’s resolution to end the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea and instead renewed the mandate for another year.This vote – with 25 states voting against the resolution and only 4 in favor – sends an important…

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