A/HRC/32/47 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 A. Mandate .................................................................................................................................... 3 B. Cooperation with the commission............................................................................................. 3 C. Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 3 D. Applicable regional and international law ................................................................................ 4 Written submissions ......................................................................................................................... 4 III. Recent human rights developments .................................................................................................. 6 A. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 6 B. Current human rights concerns ................................................................................................. 6 IV. Crimes against humanity .................................................................................................................. 10 A. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 10 B. Crimes against humanity in Eritrea .......................................................................................... 11 Accountability .................................................................................................................................. 16 A. Institutional accountability ........................................................................................................ 16 B. Individual accountability........................................................................................................... 17 C. Accountability mechanisms ...................................................................................................... 17 VI. Conclusion and recommendations.................................................................................................... 18 A. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 18 B. Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 19 Letter dated 7 December 2015 from the commission of inquiry addressed to the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations ............................................................................... 24 Letter dated 24 February 2016 from the commission of inquiry addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea ........................................................................................................... 25 II. V. Annexes I. II. 2