UN rights forum picks ex-ICC prosecutor to lead Ethiopia abuses investigation

FILE PHOTO: An Eritrean refugee who fled his home in a refugee camp after fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray poses for a portrait behind a curtain in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 25, 2021. To match Special Report ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT/ERITREA REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council has picked the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to lead a panel investigating violations of human rights in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the council said on Wednesday.

Ethiopian federal troops went to war with rebellious Tigrayan forces in November 2020. Since the war erupted, Reuters has reported atrocities by all sides, which the parties to the fighting have denied.