Reference Materials

Human Rights – Government and U.N. Reports

 

 

 

 

 

On Refoulement to Eritrea

Canadian Government

September, 2014

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UN Report on Eritrea of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. October, 2016

Monitoring Report

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The International Refugee Convention

The UNHCR’s Publication of the Convention

The U.N. Office of Human Rights’ Publication

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US House Subcommittee Hearing: Eritrea: A Neglected Regional Threat.

Video

September 2016

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The Int. Convention Against Torture (CAT)

The U.N. Convention Against Torture

The U.S. Interpretation & Implementation of CAT

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U.S. Relations with Eritrea

March 2022

Fact Sheet from U.S. State Dept.

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UNHCR Guidelines for Assessing Eritrean Refugees’ Protection Needs

UNHCR Guidelines- 2011

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DESPERATE JOURNEYS: Refugees Entering and Crossing Europe

UNHCR – Report

February 2017

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EU Parliament Proposes, Adopts Resolution Aimed at Human Eights in Eritrea

The Proposal   The Adopted Text

July 10, 2017

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Congressional Hearing: Eritrea: Root Causes of the Refugee Crisis

Video of the Hearing   

April 18, 2018

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UN Report on Refugees in Ethiopia

The Report with current abuses in Eritrea highlighted by The America Team

January 2019

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UK Home Office: On Nat Service & Illegal Exit from Eritrea

September 2021

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US State Department — 2021 Human Rights Report on Eritrea

PDF of the Report

April 2022

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US State Department — 2023 Human Rights Report on Eritrea

PDF of the Report

May 2024

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Special Rapporteur’s Report on Eritrea

May 7, 2024

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Special Rapporteur Advance Edited 2018 Report

June 26, 2018

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UNHCR: Eritreans Flowing into Ethiopia and Registering as Refugees

October 5, 2018

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U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea Presents to the General Assembly — Video

U.N. Human rights Council   

October 27, 2018

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Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea to the UN Human Rights Council

The Report

May 16, 2019

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Eritrea Must Free Political Prisoners and Low-risk Offenders to Reduce COVID-19 Threat in Crowded Jails

U.N. Office of Human Rights

April 2, 2020

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Asylum Research Centre: US State Dept. Reported Info, Year by Year

September 2021

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Special Rapporteur’s Presentation to the U.N. Human Rights Council with Witnesses  [click on title to see video]                                                                                                                 March 6, 2023

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Special Rapporteur’s Report on Eritrea

May 9, 2023

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UN Human Rights Council Releases Extensive Study of Human Rights Practices in Eritrea

Fact Sheet – 2 Pages

Summary Report – 28 Pages

Full Report – 484 Pages

June 2015

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HARROWING JOURNEYS:
Children and youth moving across the Mediterranean Sea

UNICEF-IOM Report

Sept., 2017

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US State Department – 2018 Human Rights Report on Eritrea

PDF of the Report

February 2019

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U.S. Congress Sends Letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Opposing Forced Removal of Eritrean Nationals

The Letter

August 1, 2019

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U.N.Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea (& Sri Lanka)

The OHCHR Report

March 4, 2022

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Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity

U.N. News                                                         March 6, 2023

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UN Human Rights Council Releases Extensive Study of Human Rights Practices in Eritrea — June, 2016

COI Summary 2016 — 26 Pages

COI Full Report 2016 — 94 Pages

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UK Upper Tribunal Court Rules that Eritreans Face Danger if Returned — October, 2016

The Full Decision — 267 Pages

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UN Expert Says More Arrests, Detentions after Elderly School Chief Dies in Custody

                        March 14, 2018

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European Asylum Support Office 2019 Report – Eritrea National Service, Exit and Return

September 2019

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U.N. Special Rapporteur — Human Rights in Eritrea

PDF of the Report

May 2021

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U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea Reports that Human Rights Violations in Eritrea Continue Unabated

VOA: March 4, 2022

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U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Eritrea

PDF of the Report

May 2022

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Totalitarianism Is Still With Us  

by Steve Walker in The Atlantic

September 22, 2022

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Human Rights – NGO Reports

DYING TO REACH EUROPE: Eritreans in Search of Safety

Report by Doctors without Borders, February, 2017

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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea:  Europe Fails Refugees and Migrants in the Central Mediterranean

Report by Amnesty International

August 2018

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Eritrea: Repression Beyond Borders…Threats to Human Rights Defenders Abroad

Amnesty International 

June 27, 2019

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About Sawa and the Abusive National Service

Report by Human Rights Watch

August 2019

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Eritrea in Review — 2019

Report by Amnesty International

April 2020

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Humanitarian Access Overview – Eritrea

Report by ACAPS — December 2022

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Letter from 35 NGOs Lays Out Many Cases of Abuses for U.N. Human Rights Council

Posting: Civil society letter on ERITREA – 17-May-2023

PDF of the Letter 17-May-2023

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Human Rights Watch Eritrea

2017 Country Report: Events of 2016

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The 2% Tax in Seven European Countries

Report from Tilburg School of Humanities – June 2017

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Reports on Eritrea to the  African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights — April 2018:

Report by Amnesty International

Report by Human Rights Watch

Report by Reporters without Borders

Report by Human Rights Concern — Eritrea

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Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys on the Central Mediterranean Route to Italy

The Women’s Refugee Commission – March 2019

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Human Rights Watch Eritrea

2020 Country Report: Events of 2019 – English

2020 Country Report: Events of 2019 – Tigrinya

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The Participation of Eritrea in the Tigray War

The EU and Tilburg University

6 December 2021

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Human Rights Watch Eritrea

Report of 2023: Events of 2022

Carnegie Council: No Place for Eritreans

March 2017 Report

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Reporters Without Borders Ranks Eritrea Next to Last for Press Freedom, Just Above North Korea

2017 Report

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Human Rights Watch Eritrea

2018 Country Report: Events of 2017

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Freedom House

2019 Country Report

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Is Eritrea a Safe Country to which Asylum-Seekers Can be Returned?

Report: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea

May 2, 2019

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Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in Eritrea

Human Rights Concern – Eritrea

June 28 2019

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Eritrean Refugees Struggle After the Peace Agreement with Ethiopia

Danish Institute for International Studies               

                                                                                                November 14, 2020

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Trafficking in Persons Report; Highlights Eritrea

Human Rights Foundation

January 5, 2023

National Service and State Structures in Eritrea as Reported by Dr. David Bozzini

National Service in Eritrea

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Updates and Details on Conditions Affecting the Eritrean Population

Human Rights Concern – Eritrea Report

January, 2017

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Human Rights Abuses of Eritreans, At Home and Abroad

Human Rights Watch Testimony  – Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing Testimony

April 18, 2018

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Eritrea Tops List of Countries for Censorship

Committee to Protect Journalists

September 10, 2019

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Documentary: Escaping Eritrea

PBS – Frontline

May 4, 2021

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Eritrea: Crackdown on Draft Evaders’ Families

Human Rights Watch

February 9, 2023

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Human Rights Continue Unimproved in Eritrea Despite Rapprochement with Ethiopia – Asylum Seekers Should Not Be Forced to Return

America Team: References to Continuing Human Rights Abuses

June 20, 2024

Religious Freedom

At Least 150 Christians Arrested in Eritrea Clampdown

WorldWatch Monitor — August 23, 2019

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Religious Freedom Conditions in Eritrea

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Update on Religious Freedom Conditions – August 2021

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U.S. State Department – Religious Freedom Report, Eritrea – 2021

June, 2022

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Crimes Against Christianity: ERITREA The North Korea of Africa

  International Cristian Concern-Eritrea – Report – April 2024

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2020 Religious Freedom Report by the U.S. Department of State

Religious Freedom Report

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U.S. State Department Again Names Eritrea as Country of Particular Concern… for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom.”

The Notice: November 15,2021

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Eritrea — ANOTHER 100 CHRISTIANS DETAINED:

  Release International: 17 November 2022

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Over 200 Christians including children jailed in Eritrea

Premier Christian News: 3 July 2024

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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom – 2019 Report on Eritrea

Annual Report – 2019 – Eritrea Only

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U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (member of the House sub-committee on Africa, etc.; and Co-Chair of the Lantos Human Rights Commission: Warns on Religious Freedom Violations.

Congressman Smith News Item — December, 2019

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Eritrea Frees Hundreds Of Christians

Vision Christian Media — 6 February 2024

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Crackdown on Eritrea’s Christians ahead of Independence Day

Article – May 21, 2019

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Recommendations for Eritrea – A Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom – 2022

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Plea to Eritrea to Release Jailed Christians

Article – Christian Solidarity Worldwide – May 20, 2022

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Two Eritrean Christians Mark 7,000 days in Prison

Mission Network News — July 21, 2023

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In Israel

Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel

April, 2016

Hotline for Refugees and Migrants

No Shelter Here … In Israel

June 2018

The New Republic

Refugees Forgotten in Detention in Israel

Hot Line for Refugees and Migrants – January 2017

Human Trafficking

Sinai Trafficking: Origin and Definition of a New Form of Human Trafficking: Article by van Reisen and Rijken

COGITATIO Article,                  February 2015

UNHCR-IOM 2014 Report on Human Trafficking in Sudan

The Report

Human Trafficking and Smuggling
on the Horn of Africa-Central
Mediterranean Route

IGAD-Sahan Foundation Report

February 2016

US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report

The Report with Eritrea Narrative Only

June 2019

Refugee Resettlement – USA

The refugee resettlement process outlined by the U.S. Department of State

Refugee Resettlement Process

Resettlement agencies utilized by the U.S. Department of State for resettling refugee immigrants in the USA

FY 2016 Reception & Placement Primary Agency List

R&P Affiliates by State Updated November 28, 2016

Documentary video, “Home Across Lands,” follows resettlement of refugees from Shimelba refugee camp to Rhode Island

Home Across Lands

Year in Review: Refugees Resettled in the USA – FY 2014

ORR DATA

Other Items

The ratified constitution of Eritrea never enacted by the present government

The Constitution

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Comprehensive Reference File on Eritrea Country Conditions

Conditions Affecting Asylum Seekers and Related Documentation

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European Union Parliament’s Resolution on Eritrea

March 2016

The Resolution

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UNHCR on Abuse of Migrants in Libya

December 2016

The Article

The Report

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Protection on the Move: Eritrean Refugee Flows through the Greater Horn of Africa

September 2016

Migration Policy Institute Report

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Face to Face with the Eritrean Exodus into Ethiopia: Refugees Who  Have Made it to Safety in the South

March 2017

IRIN News

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America Team Graphic of Aspects Around Oppression in Eritrea

Oppression Graphic

August 2016

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2-Page Brief on Eritrea and its Refugees — December, 2018

Eritrea – where ATMs are Unknown and Sim Cards are Like Gold Dust

BBC                                                                                                                                        August 2019

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