Geneva, 8 June 2016 Good morning and thank you all very much for coming to this briefing on today’s publication of the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. My name is...

MEDIA ADVISORY – TO ALL CORRESPONDENTS AND EDITORS Tigrinya Geneva (1 June 2016) – The Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea will hold a press conference on Wednesday 8 June 2016. Mike...

GENEVA (10 November 2015) – The Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate human rights violations in Eritrea embarked on its second term after reconvening in New York. In July 2015, the United...

NEW YORK (29 October 2015) -- A wide range of systematic human rights violations continue to take place in Eritrea where a climate of fear and lack of hope for a life in dignity and freedom, sparking...

New York, 29 October 2015 Chair, Delegates, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea finds that it cannot start this update without strongly...

GENEVA (24 June 2015) -- As thousands of Eritreans continue to flee government repression in their homeland, a UN-appointed commission of inquiry warned today that the dire human rights situation in...

Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea Geneva, 23 June 2015 President, High Commissioner, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, More than two...

23 June 2015 President, High Commissioner, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, More than two decades have passed since Eritrea emerged as a newly...

GENEVA (8 June 2015) -- The Government of Eritrea is responsible for systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations that have created a climate of fear in which dissent is stifled, a large...

GENEVA (18 March 2015) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea will visit the United States of America (23–27 March) to hear first-hand testimonies from Eritrean refugees...