Sovereignty, International Law and the Commission of Inquiry Eritrea

On June 27, 2014, the UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) mandated a Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea (CoIE) to conduct an investigation on whether the Government of Eritrea (GoE) has violated the human rights of its own citizens. On June 4, 2015, after a year-long investigation,  the CoIE issued its report concluding “the commission found…