Resolution on the Validation of the Co-opted Members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Situation in the Tigray Region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
ACHPR/Res. 488 (EXT.OS/XXXIV) 2021: Resolution on the Validation of the Co-opted Members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Situation in the Tigray Region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Regional Body / Author
African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
Date
28 September 2021
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Resolution
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ACHPR/Res. 488 (EXT.OS/XXXIV) 2021: Resolution on the Validation of the Co-opted Members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Situation in the Tigray Region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 34th Extraordinary Session, held virtually on 24 August 2021;

Recalling Resolution ACHPR/Res. 482 (EXT.OS/XXXII) 2021 on the Fact-Finding Mission to the Tigray Region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;

Noting paragraph 11 of Resolution ACHPR/Res. 482 (EXT.OS/XXXII) 2021, which gives the Commission the right to co-opt any expert, including military, forensic, communications, ballistics, and human rights experts etc. to become a member of the Commission of Inquiry;

The Commission decides to:

Validate the appointment of the following independent human rights experts as co-opted members of the Commission of Inquiry with retroactive effect, and as of their respective dates of appointment:

  1. Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz -appointed on 17 June 2021

  2. Maitre Soyata Maiga - appointed on 21 June 2021; and

  3. Judge Lucy Asuagbor - appointed on 24 June 2021.

 

Done virtually on 24 August 2021.


 

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