Ato Dereje Tegyyebelu, Director for Legal Services , Ministry of
Women, Children and Youth Affairs; and
Ato Eyob Getachew, Public Prosecutor/International Cooperation,
Ministry of Justice.
5. The Report highlights developments which took place in Ethiopia in the promotion
and protection of human rights, and the legislative, administrative and judicial
measures put in place to comply with its obligations under the African Charter.
6. The present Concluding Observations and Recommendations give an account of the
positive aspects, the factors restricting the enjoyment of human rights and the areas
of concern regarding exercise of human rights in Ethiopia. The Commission makes
recommendations to the Government of Ethiopia on measures for strengthening the
enjoyment of human rights as guaranteed by the African Charter, as well as other
relevant regional and international human rights instruments.
II.
Positive Aspects
7. The Commission notes a number of positive aspects in Ethiopia’s fulfilment of its
obligations under the African Charter:
Reporting Obligation and Cooperation with the Commission
8. The Commission:
i.
welcomes the efforts made by Ethiopia in preparing and presenting its
Report and commends the latter for being up to date with its obligations
under Article 62 of the African Charter;
ii.
commends the efforts made by Ethiopia to ensure that the preparatory
process of the Periodic Report was participatory and involved different
stakeholders from public and private sectors including representatives from
Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and media groups;
iii.
commends Ethiopia for implementing some of the recommendations of the
Commission in its Concluding Observations on its 1st to 4th Periodic Report.
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