A/HRC/32/47 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 May 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-second session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea* ** Summary The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 29/18, extended the mandate of the commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea for one year to investigate systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights in Eritrea with a view to ensuring full accountability, including where these violations may amount to crimes against humanity. During the period under review, the commission noted no improvement with respect to the most critical human rights violations in Eritrea documented in its first report (A/HRC/29/42). The commission has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity, namely, enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, rape and murder, have been committed in Eritrea since 1991. The commission concludes that, without substantial legal and institutional reform, Eritrea is not in a position to provide accountability for these crimes and violations. It therefore recommends that the Security Council refer the situation in Eritrea to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for consideration, and that States Members of the United Nations exercise their obligation to prosecute or extradite any individual suspected of international crimes present on their territory. * ** For detailed findings of the commission of inquiry, see A/HRC/32/CRP.1. The annexes to the present report are reproduced in the language of submission only. GE.16-07497(E) 