Recommendation 22

In line with the recent G7 statement on the importance of an independent, transparent and impartial investigation into crimes reported in Tigray, the UK Government should work with the appropriate authorities to enable access for independent monitors to Tigray to ensure that evidence of the crimes that have been committed is secured and 46 GOV.UK, Ethiopia: G7 Foreign Ministers’ Joint Statement on Tigray, 2 April 2021 47 United Nations Security Council, Security Council Press Statement on Ethiopia, SC/14501, 22 April 2021 48 OCHA, Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update: Situation Report, 8 March 2021, p.2 49 Q21 The humanitarian situation in Tigray 13 to bring those who are responsible to justice. The Government should continue to press for clarity on how the joint investigations by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will work.