The Commission of Inquiry on Tigray Genocide has released a Special Report on IDPs in Tigray entitled “The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Tigray: A Special Assessment Report”.
This comprehensive study across 92 IDP sites and host communities revealed large-scale killings, disappearances, injuries, and sexual violence, alongside dire conditions in food, shelter, healthcare, and education. Despite international and national legal guarantees and the Pretoria peace agreement of 2022, the safe and voluntary return of displaced persons has not been realized, with many still living in overcrowded, unsanitary, and unsafe shelters while lacking access to aid. The findings underscore a systematic deprivation of basic needs, failures in protection mechanisms, and a lack of accountability, leaving survivors in a state of abandonment and hopelessness. The crisis is both humanitarian and political, demanding urgent, coordinated action from both the Ethiopian government and the international community to ensure justice, protection, and the restoration of dignity for displaced Tigrayans