UN slams atrocities carried out in Tigray conflict, as Ethiopia announces state of emergency

The investigation -- which is the one human rights probe to have been allowed into the blockaded Tigray area since preventing broke out between the area's former ruling occasion, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the Ethiopian authorities final yr -- didn't lay blame for hostilities and human rights violations on the toes of one group.Instead, it stated that each one events to the battle, together with forces from Eritrea and Ethiopia's Amhara area allied with the federal government, had "committed violations of international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity," to various levels.Among the violations that will quantity to battle crimes, the report detailed extra-judicial killings, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, violations towards refugees, and compelled displacement of civilians.The joint investigation by the UN Human Rights Office and the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, or EHRC, is a uncommon partnership that has raised eyebrows amongst Tigrayans, human rights teams and different observers, who've flagged issues about its independence from authorities affect. But the UN has reaffirmed its impartiality.

CNN's Stephanie Halasz and Schams Elwazer contributed to this report.