In November 2020, tensions between Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments erupted into violent conflict, which is currently ongoing. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights noted on March 4th that a preliminary analysis of the situation in Tigray points to possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops and militias. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke of "acts of ethnic cleansing". This post analyses whether the

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... itary operation in Tigray, given what we know so far, can be considered ethnic cleansing and what this means in the framework of international criminal law, human rights and humanitarian law.