Joining up EU and US Policy towards Eritrea and the Horn for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights

EEPA is organising a closed conference: "Joining up EU and US Policy towards Eritrea and the Horn for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights" on November 9 - 10 in Brussels. Among others this conference aims to promote understanding of policy alternatives that aim to further democracy and the promotion of human rights in Eritrea and the Horn region.

Please find the following background documents:

• Commentary on the coming conference organized by EEPA, by Fesseha Nair, Eritrean News.
• Report by The Oslo Center: ‘The Lasting Struggle For Freedom In Eritrea, Human Rights and Political Development, 1991-2009'
• Report of Human Rights Watch on Eritrea, ‘Service for Life - State Repression and Indefinite Conscription in Eritrea'
• ‘Press Freedom Index 2009' by Reporters Sans Frontières
• Eritrea - European Community Country Strategy Paper And National Indicative Programme for the Period 2009-2013
• Article on US Policy towards Eritrea, written by Dan Connell (Distinguished Lecturer in Communications and Political Science/International Relations at Simmons College in Boston), ‘Eritrea and the United States. The ‘war on terror' and the Horn of Africa'
• A contribution to the debate on EU-Eritrea relations: a presentation of articles from the Press and diverse reactions.
• The Chapter about Eritrea from the 2009 Social Watch Report: People First
• Article in The Courier: Grasping Eritrea - Interview with Eritrean Ambassador to Belgium, H.E. Mr Girma Asmerom. Online version - PDF version. You can find another copy here.
• The Ethiopian Cotonou Task Force Report for the Joint Annual Review and Mid-Term Review.
• An Open Letter by Berhane G Negus: A Marshall Plan for the Eritrean refugees.
• A film by A24 Media: Eritrea a Nation Held Hostage
• Antwoorden van de heer Bot, minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, en mevrouw Van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, minister voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, op vragen van de leden Ferrier (CDA), Van der Staaij (SGP), Van Bommel (SP) en Huizinga-Heringa (ChristenUnie) over vervolging van christenen in Eritrea, 23-2-2006.

The presentations given during the conference are available here.

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