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4.
General Assembly
131. The commission recommends that the General Assembly put the human rights
situation in Eritrea on its agenda.
5.
Security Council
132.
The commission recommends that the Security Council:
(a)
Determine that the situation of human rights in Eritrea poses a threat to
international peace and security;
(b)
Refer the situation in Eritrea to the Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court;
(c)
Impose targeted sanctions, namely travel bans and asset freezes, on
persons where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the said persons are
responsible for crimes against humanity or other gross violations of human rights.
6.
African Union
133. The commission recommends that the African Union establish an
accountability mechanism, under the aegis of the African Union and supported by the
international community, to investigate, prosecute and try individuals reasonably
believed to have committed crimes against humanity.
7.
Member States and international organizations
134. The commission recommends that Member States and international
organizations:
(a)
Keep Eritrea under close scrutiny until consistent and tangible progress
with regard to the situation of human rights is evident, and ensure the centrality of
human rights in all engagement with the State;
(b)
Insist on the implementation of the decision made on 13 April 2002 by
the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission on the delimitation of the border;
(c)
Keep Eritrea on the agenda of the International Labour Organization
and continue to address the issue of forced labour;
(d)
Assist Eritrea in addressing serious legislative and institutional
weaknesses by strengthening its judiciary, establishing independent institutions and
reforming its security sector through bilateral and multilateral development
cooperation, in accordance with the human rights due diligence policy on United
Nations support to non-United Nations security forces;
(e)
Provide Eritrean nationals seeking protection with refugee status in
accordance with the provisions of the international law governing asylum, and in
particular the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;
(f)
Exercise jurisdiction over crimes against humanity when any alleged
offender is present on the territory of a Member State or extradite him or her to
another State in accordance with its international obligations;
(g)
Increase attention and the resources allocated to the situation of human
rights in Eritrea by strengthening engagement with the Government with the aim of
implementing the present recommendations and those made during the sessions of the
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review and by other human rights
mechanisms.
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