Will Victims Of Atrocities In Ethiopia See Justice And Accountability?

Five years after the start of the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, victims of widespread atrocities, including systematic rape and sexual violence used as a weapon of war, still await justice and accountability. The conflict, which began in November 2020, resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions displaced, despite a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed in November 2022. Numerous credible reports, including those from international commissions, have documented war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing in Tigray and other regions of Ethiopia. These violations have been perpetrated by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, as well as allied militia groups, and have included deliberate killings, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, sexual violence with the intent to destroy the Tigrayan ethnicity, and forced displacement. Despite the... download the app to read more