Status
On the 16 May 2024, the Ministry of Justice and the Ethiopia Human Rights Commission organised launch event for the development of a BHR NAP. This builds from the most recent UPR review where Ethiopia accepted a recommendation to develop a NAP.
The Ministry of Justice presented a roadmap and information on the Steering Committee and Technical Committee. Key milestones in the roadmap include:
1. Multistakeholder event to get CSOs inputs (completed),
2. High level NAP launch event (completed),
3. & 4. Induction for the Steering Committee & the Technical Committee,
5. Training for committee members and experts of implementing institutions,
6. Conducting a National Baseline Assessment and a validation workshop,
7. Consultations at Federal and regional governments level,
8. Drafting of the NAP,
9. Consultation on the draft,
10. Revising the draft in line with comments gathered then approval,
11. Publication,
12. Promotion of the NAP on BHR (Implementation).
An Amharic translation of the UNGPs was introduced at the event.
