Amnesty International Calls On Ethiopia To Prioritize Justice For Sexual Violence Victims And Survivors

Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the African Union to pressure the Ethiopian government to ensure justice for victims of sexual violence in the two-year war with Tigrayan forces.

Amnesty International wants the Ethiopian government to ensure justice for victims of sexual violence as part of the Tigray peace process and urged the African Union to pressure Addis Ababa to that end.

Earlier this month, Amnesty International launched a campaign highlighting human rights violations committed by Ethiopian government forces, militia groups and Tigray rebel groups.

The warring factions agreed to end hostilities in African Union mediation led by former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo. But the rights group says the process has yet to provide a roadmap for accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Rights groups have accused warring parties of committing crimes against innocent people, a claim the groups deny.

Amnesty International’s Fisseha Tekle wants unrestricted access for human rights investigators to probe abuses against civilians in the two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.