The human rights situation in Eritrea remained critical. The indefinite national service had profound human rights impacts that permeated all aspects of life in Eritrea and continued to push thousands to flee. The authorities continued to suppress fundamental freedoms, including through the widespread and systematic arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of dissenting voices. Beyond its borders, the country’s transnational repression extended to its diaspora. Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers faced deteriorating conditions, marked by regional conflicts and by increasingly hostile asylum and migration policies in key transit and destination countries.
The Special Rapporteur underscores the continued absence of accountability, a decade after the initial report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea, and the lack of implementation of the recommendations of human rights mechanisms. Despite repeated calls for justice and reform, no meaningful steps have been taken to address the human rights violations documented over the years, to ensure access to justice for victims and to guarantee non-recurrence.
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Martin Plaut 