Press Release - COMESA Should Work to Curb Atrocities, Protect Civilians, Promote Justice
COMESA Should Work to Curb Atrocities, Protect Civilians, Promote Justiceat the 23rd Summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa scheduled in Bujumbura, Burundi, on October 31, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today.
"The COMESA summit is a critical opportunity for African leaders to address the crises affecting Congo, Sudan, and elsewhere in the region and formulate clear, concrete pathways to protecting civilians," said, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch."The participants should also discuss how impunity has fueled abuses, and the need to bring those responsible to justice to quell further atrocities.
At the summit, African leaders should also raise the continuing human rights abuses in other member states like Ethiopia, in which a devastating two-year armed conflict in the country's north resulted in countless atrocities,. Government forces carry out abuses with impunity, notably in the Amhara region and other conflict-affected areas.
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