Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Monday, 14 July 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 July 2025. It was answered by Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour) on Friday, 25 July 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Ethiopia: Crimes against Humanity

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to initiate a structural investigation into international crimes in Ethiopia.

Answer: The UK co-sponsored the establishment of the Independent Commission on Human Rights in Ethiopia (ICHREE). The UK welcomed the 2023 ICHREE report and its recommendations. We repeatedly call, publicly and privately, for independent investigations into conflict related human rights violations and for perpetrators to be held to account. The UK is financing international monitors from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCR) and building the investigative capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) through our human rights and peacebuilding programme. We also support multiple dialogue initiatives across Ethiopia to find political solutions to conflict and help end conflict related human rights abuses. Where we see immediate risks of atrocities, we raise our concerns bilaterally with the countries involved and multilaterally through international organisations.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL9366
Session: 2024-26
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Subjects: Crimes against humanity Ethiopia
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