Ethiopian Human Rights Council

The Ethiopian Human Rights Council or EHRCO is an Ethiopian human rights non-governmental organisation created in 1991 by Mesfin Woldemariam and 31 colleagues shortly after the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam was overthrown. EHRCO's funds and staff were greatly reduced in 2009 as a result of a law limiting the role of foreign funds in citizens' associations, and restored by 2020, after Abiy Ahmed became the new prime minister, allowing EHRCO to expand its operations. EHRCO published its preliminary report on the Mai Kadra massacre of the Tigray War on 25 December 2020.

Not to be confused with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), an Ethiopian governmental agency.

Ethiopian Human Rights Council
Established10 October 1991  (33 years ago)
Typesnon-governmental organization 
Aimhuman rights 
CountryEthiopia 
Websiteehrco.org 
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