Background
Ethiopia was added as a situation of concern under the children and armed conflict mandate in 2022,
as per the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (A/76/871-
S/2022/493) issued on 23 June 2022 and covering the year 2021. As noted in the document, the
Secretary-General decided to include the situation in his next report “(i)n view of the gravity of
clashes in 2021 between the Ethiopian National Defence and Federal Police Forces, the Tigray
People’s Liberation Front and other parties, including militias and regional forces, and the killing and
maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals,
abductions, and the denial of humanitarian access.”
Please click this link (OSRSG-CAAC_UPR47_ETH_E_Main For release TADAUK #advocacy Team to read full Input for the Universal Periodic Review of Ethiopia Office of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict April 2024.