By TesfaNews, ERITREA’s Permanent Representative to the United Nation, H.E. Ambassador Girma Asmerom, stated that as Eritrea is fully committed to the human rights values and principles, its right to development must be respected. He made the said remark during a statement he delivered today at the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on […]
Continue ReadingBy E-SMART, THE conduct and presentation of Sheila Keetharuth, the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, over the last two years has been neither that of an independent expert, nor that of an impartial observer. She has instead been one of an activist that is publicly engaged in an anti-Eritrea campaign on and off the cameras. […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, THE Permanent Representative of Eritrea at the United Nations, H.E. Ambassador Girma Asmerom, today (28) delivered a statement on agenda item 68 (b,c): Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights during the Interactive Dialogue of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea at the third Committee of the 69th […]
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Tesfamariam, JOHN Philpot, an international lawyer, writing in the recently published book “Justice Belied” writes how overriding selectivity of international law deprives it of legitimacy. He says discriminatory justice is not justice, and describes an international system where “selective prosecution” and the “impunity granted to major powers” undermines its credibility and efficacy. Today, […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, THE following is the full statement delivered by the Eritrean delegation led by H.E. Ambassador Tesfamichael Gerahtu on June 20th, 2014 during the Adoption of the Addendum to National Report of the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/WG.6/18/ERI/1) in Geneva . A media format of the statement is also included (see at the bottom the statement).
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, Eritrean Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh, on Monday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to unequivocally terminate both the Country-Specific Resolution and Country Mandate holder on Eritrea in order for the Council focus on strengthening engagement, dialogue and institutional linkage with Eritrea under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) framework that he described […]
Continue ReadingBy Aman Nebiat, Is the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) really an organization created to investigate & bring about justice & freedom to individuals or is it a tool devised skillfully to promote to block countries from creating true democracy, to promote oppression, starvation, injustice & chaos among populations in the […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, Eritrea’s second review before the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 18th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group took place on Monday. A Six-member Eritrean delegation headed by Mr. Tesfamichael Gerahtu, Ambassador of Eritrea to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland discussed Eritrea’s Second National Report under the […]
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