A/HRC/27/14 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its nineteenth session from 28 April to 9 May 2014. The review of Ethiopia was held at the 13th, meeting on 6 May 2014. The delegation of Ethiopia was headed by Berhane Gebre-Christos, State Minister of Foreign Affairs. At its 17th meeting, held on 8 May 2014, the Working Group adopted the report on Ethiopia. 2. On 15 January 2014, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Ethiopia: the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Namibia. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Ethiopia: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/19/ETH/1 and Corr.1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/19/ETH/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/19/ETH/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to Ethiopia through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review (UPR). I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of Ethiopia said that Ethiopia had taken a transparent and participatory approach in the preparation of the national report. The process had been led by the National Interministerial Committee and had involved the participation of various stakeholders and the dissemination of information on the implementation of the recommendations accepted at the first review. 6. Ethiopia had established a solid constitutional framework for the promotion and protection of human rights, which embedded ratified international human rights instruments. It guaranteed the human rights of all Ethiopians and ensured implementation of the rights of the nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia to self-determination, to the preservation of their language, culture and history, and to representation and selfadministration in the federal and regional states. 7. Ethiopia had made major strides in the promotion and protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It had registered double digit growth over the previous 10 years and had integrated the goal of achieving good governance, the rule of law and human rights in the ongoing five-year Growth and Transformation Plan. 3