A/HRC/32/47 Annex II Letter dated 24 February 2016 from the commission of inquiry addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea Excellency, I write to you in my capacity as the Chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. As requested by the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Commission will present a written report at the thirty-second session of the HRC in June 2016, and at the seventy-first session of the General Assembly in September 2016. I wish to reiterate our continued desire to visit Eritrea as stated in previous correspondence, most recently my letter to you of 28 September 2015 and the letter of 7 December 2015 to H.E. Mr. Girma Asmerom, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations in New York. We would be most grateful if the Government of Eritrea would extend an invitation to members of the Commission and its staff to visit Eritrea, in line with Human Rights Council resolution 29/18. Such a visit could be organised at any time prior to the finalisation of our report for the thirty-second session of the HRC. I look forward to hearing from you in due course. For any clarifications I can be contacted through the Secretariat of the Commission (coieritrea@ohchr.org). Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Mike Smith Chair, Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea His Excellency Mr. Osman Saleh Mohammed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea Asmara Eritrea 26