Overview
OHCHR has been present in Ethiopia since 2002 when it opened its Regional Office for East Africa (EARO). Lacking a clear monitoring mandate for Ethiopia itself, EARO’s main tasks were to monitor the human rights situation in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Tanzania, provide technical assistance to these countries and support the African Union and other regional bodies, and contribute to the mainstreaming of a human rights-based approach by other members of the United Nations system based in Addis Ababa.