ACHPR African Commission on
Human Rights our Collective Responsibility
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
84th Ordinary Session
21 - 30 July 2025
Concluding Observations on the 7th – 10th Periodic Report of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (2015-2023)
ACHPR, June 2025
Table of Contents
| Table of Contents | 2 |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 4 |
| Article 62 | 4 |
| General recommendations | 6 |
| Ratifications | 6 |
| National human rights framework | 7 |
| Article 2: Combating all forms of discrimination | 8 |
| Article 8: Right to freedom of conscience | 9 |
| Article 13: Right to participate in public affairs | 9 |
| Article 25: NHRI and other institutions | 10 |
| Civil and political rights | 13 |
| Mandate of the Working Group on the Death Penalty, Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions and Enforced Disappearances (art. 4: Right to life) | 13 |
| Mandate of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa CPTA (Article 5 Prohibition of torture and cruel, Inhuman or degrading treatment) | 14 |
| Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa (Articles 3, 6 and 7) | 15 |
| Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (Article 9) | 16 |
| Mandate of the Special rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa (Articles 10 and 11 right to freedom of association and demonstration) | 17 |
| Economic, social and cultural rights | 19 |
| Mandate of the Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa | 19 |
| Rights of the family and vulnerable groups | 23 |
| Mandate of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities (Article 18 (4) of the Charter) | 23 |
| Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and migrants in Africa (Article 12 of the Charter on Freedom of movement and the right to seek Asylum) | 24 |
| Mandate of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of People living with HIV/AIDS | 25 |
| Rights of peoples or collective rights | 27 |
| Mandate of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights in Africa (Articles 21 and 24) | 27 |
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Mandate of the Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples/Communities and Minorities (Article 19 on the Rights of Peoples) ... 28 Maputo Protocol... 29 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) ... 29 • Introduction Article 26 of the Maputo Protocol ... 29 • Equality and non-discrimination... 29 • Protection of women from violence ... 31