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Publications

High Commissioner's Strategic Management Plan 2008-2009
Human Rights in Action
Humanitarian Appeal 2009
A Handbook for NGOs

Eritrea


Eritrea 

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Eritrea and UN Charter-based Bodies

Eritrea and UN Treaty Bodies

Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2008)

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding Observations (2006)

>>Full list of documents in the Treaty Body Database


OHCHR in Eritrea

 The unresolved boundary dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea has created a tense stalemate between the two countries. On occasion, both Eritrea and Ethiopia have amassed troops at the border. While UNMEE’s mandate concerns the temporary security zone (TSZ) between the two countries, the situation in the TSZ has also been affected by the general conditions and human rights situations in both of them.
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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division
Geneva, Switzerland

Africa Section 
Tel. +41 22 928 9694
Geneva, Switzerland


Field

United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Tel. (1) 212 963 5921
Asmara, Eritrea
Email: diakite@un.org

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