Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state", updated to include the recent UN Commission of Inquiry and the new geopolitical dynamics.

Introduction: The Eritrean African garrison stateJudicial development in independent Eritrea: Legal pluralism and political containmentRule of law(lessness) in Eritrea: The special court and the judiciaryDemocratic curtailment in Eritrea: 'Never democracy, always control!'Obliterating civil society in Eritrea: Denying freedom of organisation and expressionThe Eritrean Gulag archipelago: Prison conditions, torture and extrajudicial killingsEveryday life of detention and disappearances in Eritrea: Vulnerable groups in a population under siegeMinority marginalisation in Eritrea: EPLF's politics of cultural superiorityDiversity diminished in Eritrea: Targeting the Kunama minority groupThe militarisation of Eritrean society: Omnipresent and neverending military serviceEritrea? Towards a transition?Postscript: Eritrea - renewed international engagement to sustain control at home