EPDP Urges All UN Human Rights Council Delegates to Endorse Conclusions of the UN Inquiry Commission
2016-06-17 07:39:38 Written by EPDP Information Office Published in EPDP News Read 2216 times-
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At a time when the delegation of the Eritrean regime currently in Geneva is at a frenzied lobbying to foil a decision by the UN Human Rights Council on 21 June, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) urged all 47 delegations to stand on the side of "justice and the rule of law" and endorse the conclusions and recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea.
The EPDP, memorandum dated 15 June, stated that over 90% of the victimized Eritrean people are expecting the Council "to adopt the report by acclamation and refer it for immediate action by the UN Security Council which is in turn hoped to hand it over within this year to the International Criminal Court (ICC)".
The memorandum reminded the UN HR Council delegates that the Eritrean regime "is hoping against hope to escape accountability" and that it is heard "calculating on the 'habitual' vote of certain states on human rights issues; the migration crisis in Europe, and the resistance of some member states of the African Union (AU) to send dictators with extremely bad human rights records to the ICC".
"On the other hand", the EPDP memo stated, "the vast majority of Eritreans and a big chunk of humanity await for your vote in support of justice and the rule of law" and noted that what they say and do on 21 June "will remain part of history - particularly, Eritrean history".
The 47-Member States which have sent delegations to the current 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, and to whose the EPDP memorandum was sent, are listed below:
Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Burundi, China, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Togo, UAE, UK, Venezuela and Vietnam.
