Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to ask for the renewal of the remit for the Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The UK was strongly supportive of the establishment of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), and the renewal of its mandate at the Human Rights Council's 51st Session. ICHREE's mandate will end at the end of the present session of the Human Rights Council as the European Union, as the penholder, did not to present a resolution to renew the mandate. The UK will continue to support efforts to promote cooperation between the Government of Ethiopia and the international community on human rights, and particularly over the robust implementation of its Transitional Justice Policy, to ensure accountability for atrocities and human rights violations and to ensure the effective and full implementation of the Tigray peace agreement.