Ethiopia
38 Articles

From Open-Source to All-Source: Leveraging Local Knowledge for Atrocity Prevention
The focus on open source investigation of serious international crimes often comes at the expense of more effective local expertise.

The Essential Role of ‘Civic Space’ in Safeguarding Electoral Integrity: How a Decision in Africa Can Reverberate
The landmark African Union case over an Ethiopian election provides a roadmap for safeguarding democracy in the face of authoritarianism.

To Challenge State Capture, the US Needs a Strategy of State Retrieval
The democratic world must side with pro-democracy, peace, and anti-corruption movements in Africa and act against corrupt networks.

The Just Security Podcast: Attacks on Health in Armed Conflict
An expert team from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and local partners unpacks patterns of attacks on health care in armed conflicts.

Nine Stories That Deserved More Attention in 2023 – and That May Shape 2024
What stories or topics merited more attention in 2023, with a particular eye toward what might inform law and policy conversations in 2024?

From Darfur to Darfur: The Fall and Rise of Indifference to Mass Atrocities in Africa
This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.

Ethiopia’s Atrocity Victims Broaden UN Appeal After Human Rights Council’s Failure
It is crucial that UN member States take responsibility to address the situation in Ethiopia as the risk of genocide grows.

UN Human Rights Council Should Extend Investigation Commission on Ethiopia
Only a neutral body like the ICHREE can conduct a comprehensive investigation into the atrocities in Tigray and other conflicts in Ethiopia. Ending its mandate risks complicity…

Ethiopia’s Conflict Is Spreading, But UN Human Rights Council May End Expert Investigation Anyway
EU presses to let mandate end despite commission finding that “past and current abuses in these four regions demand further investigation.”

BRICS Summitry: What Takeaways for the United States?
Despite the bloc's limitations, its expansion and the summit demonstrated the Global South's resolve to measurably change the status quo.

Why Say Who Did What? The Ethiopia Case and the Power of US Atrocity Determinations
Are they meaningful if condemnation is followed blithely by economic engagement with the same actors who committed the violations?

The Sudan Conflict is an Existential Crisis for Refugee Protection in Africa
The African Union and the United Nations refugee protection systems can take active steps to address the problem of displaced people in Sudan now.