A/HRC/44/49/Add.1 Annex Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on his visit to Ethiopia Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Background ................................................................................................................................... 3 III. Legal standards guiding freedom of expression in Ethiopia ......................................................... 4 IV. Main findings ................................................................................................................................ 6 A. Legal reform process ............................................................................................................ 6 B. Confronting intolerance and discrimination ......................................................................... 9 C. Promoting independent journalism and access to information ............................................. 11 D. National technological innovations and the Internet ............................................................. 13 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 15 A. Review of national legislation .............................................................................................. 15 B. Media freedom and access to information ............................................................................ 16 C. Freedom of expression, and of peaceful assembly and of association .................................. 16 D. Discrimination and hate speech ............................................................................................ 17 V. 2