Network
of Eritreans for Constitutional
Governance
(NECG)
Eritrea-Ethiopia
Claims Commission Renders Final Verdict
Eritrea
Ethiopia Claims Commission Members
18 August 2009,
The Hague, Netherlands-- In a press release it issued yesterday, the
Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission announced it has rendered final
awards on damages.
“The
Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, established to “decide
through binding arbitration all claims for loss, damage or injury by
one Government against the other” related to the 1998-2000
conflict between them that “result from violations of
international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva
Conventions, or other violations of international law,” today
rendered its Final Awards on Damages in each Party’s Claims.
The Final Awards award compensation in respect of claims by both
Eritrea and Ethiopia for violations of international law previously
found by the Commission in its fifteen Partial and Final Awards on
liability, rendered between July 1, 2003 and December 19, 2005.”
said the statement.
The
members of the Commission are:
Professor
Hans van Houtte (President) Judge
George Aldrich (appointed by Ethiopia) Mr.
John Crook (appointed by Eritrea) Dean
James Paul (appointed by Ethiopia) Ms.
Lucy Reed (appointed by Eritrea)
Final Awards:
Eritrea's
Damages Claims Ethiopia's
Damages Claims Pensions
- Eritrea's Claims 15, 19 & 23
Ports
- Ethiopia's Claim 6
Read
full text of press release at:
http://www.pca-cpa.org/upload/files/EECC%20Final%20Awards%20Press%20Release.pdf
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