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Eritrea

Regional group:

African Group (AG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	–

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Eritrea has not been principal sponsor of any Council resolution.

Voting record

During its first membership term, with regard to country-specific resolutions tabled under agenda item 2 (report of the High Commissioner), when a vote was called in 2019, Eritrea voted against the resolutions on Eritrea, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Yemen and in favour of resolutions on the situations in Venezuela, Myanmar and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Concerning resolutions tabled under item 4 (human rights situations that require the Council’s attention), in the absence of consensus, Eritrea consistently voted against. Eritrea voted in favour of all item 7 resolutions (OPT) on which a vote was called. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, or civil and political rights, Eritrea either joined consensus on, or voted in favour of, nearly all adopted texts. The only exceptions were the text on the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (voted against) and the resolution on the death penalty (abstained).

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

262

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Empty chair alert

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in less than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
WG on arbitrary detention, 2018

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CERD
21 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

2nd cycle

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 0 / 192

2^nd cycle: 8 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

YES

Response to allegations from government concerned?
NO

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Eritrea tabled its pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership (2019-2021) on 31 August 2018.

Internationally, Eritrea pledged, inter alia, to: fulfil its international human rights reporting obligations; continue to engage with OHCHR; ratify the CRPD and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; advocate for the protection of the rights of migrants; facilitate Special Procedures’ visits; cooperate with the UPR; advocate meaningful participation by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the UPR and Treaty Bodies; work towards a more effective and credible Council, and conduct inclusive, cross-regional and transparent dialogue; encourage and support civil society engagement with the Council and its mechanisms; and advocate and work to enhance the capacity of OHCHR to provide technical support to UN member States.

At national level, Eritrea committed, inter alia, to: increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the national coordination body for the UPR; ensure the supremacy of, and respect for, the law; increase the accessibility, efficiency, transparency and accountability of the judicial system; protect and promote the rights of women, and persons with disabilities; and mainstream regional and international human rights instruments to which Eritrea is party into its national programmes and
institutions.

An analysis of steps taken by Eritrea in fulfilment of its international pledges shows that it is yet to ratify the CRPD; and, regarding cooperation with Treaty Bodies, has not submitted its periodic reports under the CAT, CERD or ICESCR. Eritrea has not extended a standing invitation to Special Procedures and has not facilitated most visit requests. Eritrea has only answered around 40% of the communications it has received from Special Procedures mandate holders. Regarding the rights of migrants, Eritrea is yet to sign and ratify the CMW and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime.

Eritrea was cited in the 2019 Secretary-General’s report on cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, concerning the risk of reprisals against those cooperating with the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea, and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea.

Eritrea

African Group (AG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 0 / 192

2nd cycle: 8 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 0 / 192

2^nd cycle: 8 / 192