Eritrea

Important documents

11 January 2024 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)
Eritrea

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2023
World Report 2024 - Eritrea (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2103136
12 September 2023 | BAMF – Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on female genital mutilation (as of August 2023)
Länderreport 60 Eritrea: Weibliche Genitalverstümmelung (Stand 08/2023) (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2098667
September 2019 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)
Eritrea: National service and illegal exit (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2017271
September 2019 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)
Eritrea; Nationaldienst, Ausreise und Rückkehr (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2031001
June 2019 | Amnesty International (Author)
Eritrea

Report on Eritrean authorities targeting human rights defenders abroad (freedom of expression and access to information in Eritrea; indefinite terms of national service; harassment of leaders and founders of Eritrean Diaspora for East Africa (EDEA); harassment of and attacks on UN human rights experts; harassment of human rights defenders abroad by People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and their supporters)
Repression withour borders: Threats to human rights defenders abroad [AFR 64/0542/2019] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2011554
March 2019 | BAMF – Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM)
Länderreport 9 - Eritrea - Weibliche Genitalverstümmelung (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2006106
2 August 2018 | Amnesty International (Author)
Eritrea

Query response on risks for draft evaders or deserters from national service; possible risks for family members of draft evaders; provisions regarding the "diaspora tax"
Stellungnahme vom 2.8.2018 an das Verwaltungsgericht Magdeburg (Response, German)
de ID 1442661
3 May 2018 | Pro Asyl (Network of German refugee councils) (Author)
Eritrea

Report based on meeting held in October 2017 on the situation in Eritrea and of Eritrean refugees (access to asylum abroad; crimes against humanity; government and causes for displacement; other topics)
Eritrea: ein Land im Griff einer Diktatur; Desertion, Flucht & Asyl (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1432842
2 December 2015 | Amnesty International (Author)
Eritrea

Report on compulsory national service (legal framework; conscription of children and older people; lack of provisions for conscientious objection; exemption from national service; access to health care; mobilisation of women in 2015; evasion, desertion and attempts to exit the country; arrests, detentions and prison conditions)
Just deserters: Why indefinite National Service in Eritrea has created a generation of refugees [AFR 64/2930/2015] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1224769
30 September 2015 | HSS – Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Author)
Eritrea

Report on push factors for flight from Eritrea (historical background; current socio-political situation; national service; economic conditions; situation for individuals during their flight)
Flucht aus Eritrea: Flüchtlinge oder Wirtschaftsmigranten? (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1193250

Important documents

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2023

Report on female genital mutilation (as of August 2023)

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM)

Query response on risks for draft evaders or deserters from national service; possible risks for family members of draft evaders; provisions regarding the "diaspora tax"

Report based on meeting held in October 2017 on the situation in Eritrea and of Eritrean refugees (access to asylum abroad; crimes against humanity; government and causes for displacement; other topics)

Report on push factors for flight from Eritrea (historical background; current socio-political situation; national service; economic conditions; situation for individuals during their flight)