A/HRC/38/50
(d)
Urge the Government of Eritrea to adopt concrete benchmarks and
deadlines to ensure consistent and tangible progress on the human rights situation in
the country, namely by:
(i)
Implementing the 1997 Constitution immediately or instituting
constitutional reform, ensuring the participation of all, including minorities;
(ii)
Carrying out necessary reforms to hold free and fair elections;
(iii) Guaranteeing the protection of the right to life, liberty and security of all
Eritreans.
111. Specifically, the Special Rapporteur requests international and bilateral
cooperation agencies to include a human rights component in any programme agreed
with Eritrea. For example, they could provide for:
(a)
The review of laws, including the civil and penal codes enacted in 2015 to
align them with international human rights instruments to which Eritrea has
voluntarily adhered;
(b)
The incorporation of a module on the interpretation of domestic laws in
compliance with human rights law as a compulsory requirement in the training of
judges and all personnel with an adjudicatory function;
(c)
Specifically tailored training programmes in human rights for
prosecutors, lawyers, court and correctional services personnel, law enforcement agents
and the military;
(d)
Accelerated training programmes for judges, prosecutors, lawyers and
court and correctional services personnel to enhance their capacity to handle cases in a
just, fair and speedy manner;
(e)
The wide distribution of and access to judicial and legal information
through the publication of legal texts, court decisions and jurisprudence.
112.
The Special Rapporteur appeals to the Human Rights Council to:
(a)
Denounce the enduring systematic and widespread human rights
violations in Eritrea, in accordance with the findings of the commission of inquiry on
human rights in Eritrea;
(b)
Maintain the intense scrutiny needed to improve the enjoyment and
protection of human rights for all Eritreans;
(c)
Recommend that the Government of Eritrea invite the following special
procedure mandate holders to carry out visits to the country at the earliest possible
opportunity, in accordance with the terms of reference for agreed country visits and
with no preconditions attached:
(i)
The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to
freedom of opinion and expression;24
(ii)
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food;25
(iii)
The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief;26
(iv) The Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment;27
(v)
The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions;28
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Request sent in 2003, latest reminder sent in 2015.
Request sent in 2003.
Request sent in 2004, latest reminder sent in 2005.
Request sent in 2005, latest reminder sent in 2017.
Request sent in 2010.
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