Eritrea: Human Rights Council Must Establish a Commission of Inquiry

From Welcome to Asmarino Independent. Fri Jun 27 2014, 01:11:21

We the undersigned are writing to call on the UN's Human Rights Council to establish a Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Eritrea given the ongoing gross and systematic human rights violations being committed by the government of Eritrea against its own people with total impunity, and its continuing policy of non-cooperation with the UN's human rights mechanisms, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea.

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