The Ethiopian Reconciliation Commission is a truth and reconciliation commission created in Ethiopia in December 2018.
6-1002: In December 2018, the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the creation of an Ethiopian Reconciliation Commission. The creation of the ERC was formally published in Federal Negarit Gazeta as Proclamation 1102/2018 on 5 February 2019, with the proclamation becoming law on 25 December 2018. In February 2019, the HoPR appointed 41 members to the Reconciliation Commission, including Berhanu Nega , Beyene Petros , Derartu Tulu , Goshu Wolde , Hailemariam Desalegn , Yetnebersh Nigussie , Zeresenay Alemseged and other religious figures, former politicians, intellectuals and philanthropists. A religious figure, Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel ,
12-531: The increasing tension between the federal and Tigrayan governments , the ERC stated that it was trying to mediate, but that pre-conditions set by both sides had blocked progress. Official website [REDACTED] House of Peoples%27 Representatives Opposition (15) Vacant (122) The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly . Located in
18-487: The capital Addis Ababa , the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies . The proceedings in the chamber are led by Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives . Of the 547 seats, 122 are vacant. In 1995, Ethiopia's ethnic federalism system was set up, with a bicameral federal parliamentary assembly, of which the lower chamber with not more than 550 members as per
24-406: The difference created and to create consensus." Article 18 of Proclamation 1102/2018 formally requires the ERC to "perform its activities freely and independently". Article 18 of Proclamation 1102/2018 defines protections for witnesses and whistleblowers . In October 2020, the ERC stated that it had documented 370 "traditional reconciliation and conflict resolution mechanisms". In the context of
30-448: The victims' and offenders' points of view, the power to subpoena any document except for national security reasons, to visit any institution and obtain copies of documents found there, to summon any individual or group to give testimony, to get support from any federal or regional police force "depending on the situation", to notify the public and government agencies of the ERC's conclusions, and to "make Reconciliation among peoples to narrow
36-543: Was chosen as president of the ERC. The aim of the ERC, defined in Article 5 of Proclamation 1102/2018, is to "maintain peace[,] justice, national unity and consensus and also Reconciliation among Ethiopian Peoples." The powers and duties of the ERC defined in Article 6 of the Proclamation include communication with varying social groups, identifying the origins of conflicts and human rights violations, considering both
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