The recently mandated Commission of Inquiry into Eritrea would help pave the way to accountability a United Nations expert said, reports the UN News Centre.
Warning of a deteriorating human rights situation, the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Shaila Keetharuth added,
"the creation of my special rapporteur’s mandate has increased international awareness about the large-scale violations of human rights in Eritrea.”
Eritreans are escaping systematic and widespread human rights violations. I hope the Commission of Inquiry would pave the way to establish accountability for these violations, especially in view of the continued non-cooperation of Eritrea with my mandate and other UN mechanisms,” said Sheila Keetharuth.
The United Nations Human Rights Council during the conclusion of the 27th session mandated a Commission of Inquiry into the "most egregious human rights violations," including extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance, torture, and lack of freedom of expression and opinion, assembly, association, religious belief and movement.
The special rapporteur's statement came as the Eritrean permanent representative to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, criticised the UN of marginalising nations by folding to "dominant powers".
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