PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Support for the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (11 June 2023)

That this House notes that the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) found that rape and crimes of sexual violence have been perpetrated on a staggering scale in the conflict in Ethiopia, with Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and their allies in the Amhara militia and Fano, targeting Tigrayan women and girls with particular violence and brutality and Tigrayan forces, also committing rape and sexual violence; further notes that there has been repeated pressure to curtail the funding and mandate of the ICHREE; expresses its full support for the work of the ICHREE; and calls on the Government to mark the UN Day on 19 June 2023 for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict by ensuring that the ICHREE is provided with the support and funding to complete its investigations and that its findings are followed through in judicial action against perpetrators and their enablers, with restitution for survivors and victims of the violence.

Sponsored by:
Dame Angela Eagle (Labour)