UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW – FOURTH CYCLE
Joint Submission of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the
Coalition for Genocide Response to the 47th session of the Human Rights Council’s
Universal Periodic Review Working Group
November 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
Ethiopia
I. Introduction
1. This report, produced by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
(IBAHRI) and the Coalition for Genocide Response, focuses on the atrocities perpetrated
in Tigray, Ethiopia.
2. Established in 1947, the International Bar Association (IBA) is the world’s leading
international organisation of legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The
IBAHRI works with the global legal community to promote and protect human rights and
the independence of the legal profession worldwide.
3. Coalition for Genocide Response is a UK-based charity that works towards a
comprehensive response to genocide and other international crimes, engaging the UK,
regional and international actors.
4. In 2023, the IBAHRI convened the Tigray Inquiry, an independent inquiry into the
atrocities in Tigray since November 2020. The full report is attached as Appendix A.
II. Atrocity Crimes in the Tigray
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