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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia Fails to Block UN Funding for Human Rights Investigation

Ethiopia failed on Thursday March 31, 2022 to block funding for a commission headed by former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda -- seen here in June 2021 -- that will investigate human rights abuses in the East African country ASHRAF SHAZLY AFP/File

Ethiopia on Thursday failed to block the United Nations from funding an international committee that will investigate human rights violations by all parties in the nation's recent war.

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts (ICHRE) on Ethiopia was created last December by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, despite strenuous objections from the government in Addis Ababa, AFP said.

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