ዓለም አቀፉ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ድርጅት (ሁማን ራይት) ዛሬ ከጥቂት ሰዓታት በፊት ባሰራጨው ዜና የእንግሊዝ
ከፍተኛው ፍርድ ቤት ከእንግሊዝ ለኢትዮጵያ ዕርዳታ የሚሰጡ ድርጅቶች በሙሉ (የእንግሊዝ መንግሥትንም ጨምሮ)
ለኢትዮጵያ የሰብዓዊ መብት ይዞታ ቅድምያ መስጠታቸውን እና አለመስጠታቸውን በሚያጣራ መልኩ ሕጋዊ ምርመራ
እንዲደረግ ያሳለፈውን ውሳኔ ''ጠቃሚ እርምጃ'' በማለት አሞካሽቶታል።
ውሳኔው በተለይ በቅርቡ ከአርበኛ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ መታገት በኃላ የእንግሊዝ መንግስት ''የባህር ማዶ የልማት ትብብር ድርጅት'' (UK Department for International Development (DFID) ) ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስት የገንዘብ ድጎማ ሊያደርግ የነበረ ከመሆኑ አንፃር የዛሬው ውሳኔ ከፍተኛ መልዕክት ማስተላለፉ አይቀርም።በሌላ በኩል የዛሬው የፍርድቤቱ ውሳኔ ይሄው የልማት ድርጅት (DFID) በበቂ ሁኔታ የኢትዮጵያን የሰብዓዊ ይዞታ ጉዳይ አለመመርመሩን ጠቁሞ በእዚሁ አዲሱ የፍርድ ቤት ውሳኔ መሰረት ሕጋዊ ምርመራ እንዲደረግበት ማዘዙን ያብራራል።
የዓለም አቀፉ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ድርጅት የእርምጃውን ፋይዳ ሲያስረዳ የድርጅቱ የአፍሪካ ክፍል ተጠሪ የተናገሩትን በመጥቀስ ነው።እንዲህ ይነበባል -
''የእንግሊዝ
ከፍተኛው ፍርድቤት ውሳኔ ለሌሎች መንግሥታት እና እርዳታ ሰጪ ድርጅቶች የማንቅያ ጥሪ ነው።ምክንያቱም ሀገራትም
ሆኑ ግብረ ሰናይ ድርጅቶች የሚሰጡትን የልማት ፕሮግራም ሁሉ ቅድምያ ከሰብዓዊ ይዞታ አንፃር እንዲመለከቱ ያደርጋል''ይላል።
የዓለም ዓቀፍ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ድርጅት (ሁማን ራይት) ስለ እንግሊዙ ከፍተኛ ፍርድቤት የዛሬ ውሳኔ አስመልክቶ ያወጣውን ዘገባ ከእዚህ በታች ይመልከቱ።
Ethiopia: UK Aid Should Respect Rights
Ruling Permits Review of Development Agency’s Compliance
JULY 14, 2014
(London) – A UK High Court ruling allowing judicial review of the UK aid
agency’s compliance with its own human rights policies in Ethiopia is
an important step toward greater accountability in development
assistance.
In its decision of July 14, 2014, the High Court ruled that allegations
that the UK Department for International Development (DFID) did not
adequately assess evidence of human rights violations in Ethiopia
deserve a full judicial review.
“The UK high court ruling is just a first step, but it should be a
wake-up call for the government and other donors that they need rigorous
monitoring to make sure their development programs are upholding their
commitments to human rights,” said Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa
director. “UK development aid to Ethiopia can help reduce poverty, but
serious rights abuses should never be ignored.”
The case involves Mr. O (not his real name), a farmer from Gambella in
western Ethiopia, who alleges that DFID violated its own human rights
policy by failing to properly investigate and respond to human rights
violations linked to an Ethiopian government resettlement program known
as “villagization.” Mr. O is now a refugee in a neighboring country.
Human Rights Watch has documented serious human rights violations in
connection with the first year of the villagization program in Gambella
in 2011 and in other regions of Ethiopia in recent years.
A January 2012 Human Rights Watch report based on more than 100
interviews with Gambella residents, including site visits to 16
villages, concluded that villagization had been marked by forced
displacement, arbitrary detentions, mistreatment, and inadequate
consultation, and that villagers had not been compensated for their
losses in the relocation process.
People resettled in new villages often found the land infertile and
frequently had to clear the land and build their own huts under military
supervision. Services they had been promised, such as schools, clinics,
and water pumps, were not in place when they arrived. In many cases
villagers had to abandon their crops, and pledges of food aid in the new
villages never materialized.
The UK, along with the World Bank and other donors, fund a nationwide
development program in Ethiopia called the Promotion of Basic Services
program (PBS). The program started after the UK and other donors cut
direct budget support to Ethiopia after the country’s controversial 2005
elections.
The PBS program is intended to improve access to education, health care,
and other services by providing block grants to regional governments.
Donors do not directly fund the villagization program, but through PBS,
donors pay a portion of the salaries of government officials who are
carrying out the villagization policy.
The UK development agency’s monitoring systems and its response to these
serious allegations of abuse have been inadequate and complacent, Human
Rights Watch said. While the agency and other donors to the Promotion
of Basic Services program have visited Gambella and conducted
assessments, villagers told Human Rights Watch that government officials
sometimes visited communities in Gambella in advance of donor visits to
warn them not to voice complaints over villagization, or threatened
them after the visits. The result has been that local people were
reluctant to speak out for fear of reprisals.
The UK development agency has apparently made little or no effort to
interview villagers from Gambella who have fled the abuses and are now
refugees in neighboring countries, where they can speak about their
experiences in a more secure environment. The Ethiopian government’s
increasing repression of independent media and human rights reporting,
and denials of any serious human rights violations, have had a
profoundly chilling effect on freedom of speech among rural villagers.
“The UK is providing more than £300 million a year in aid to Ethiopia
while the country’s human rights record is steadily deteriorating,”
Lefkow said. “If DFID is serious about supporting rights-respecting
development, it needs to overhaul its monitoring processes and use its
influence and the UK’s to press for an end to serious rights abuses in
the villagization program – and elsewhere.”
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http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/14/ethiopia-uk-aid-should-respect-rights
1ኛ. ቪድዮው በጣም ኤዲት እንደተደረገ ያስታውቃል
