This is insane and stands as a testament to how truly awful the UN is

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The UN is a failed organization.

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over 6,400 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) holding active consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), alongside thousands more associated with the UN Department of Global Communications and specific specialized agencies.

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He's either a purposeful liar or just blindly posts shite without actually reading it.

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Eritrea is Not a democracy- it is essentially a one man dictatorship.

To clarify Slavery as in slave markets etc is illegal.

However they indefinitely extend military service at low wages which is what has been referred to as indentured servitude or slavery (details from Grok)

Reprehensible choice indeed.
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No, traditional (chattel) slavery is not legal in Eritrea. It is prohibited under domestic law, though the country’s indefinite national service system has been widely described by UN bodies and human rights organizations as amounting to forced labor or a form of modern slavery/enslavement under international definitions.16

Eritrea’s 1997 Constitution (Article 16(3)) states: “No person shall be held in slavery or servitude nor shall any person be required to perform forced labour not authorised by law.” The 2015 Criminal Code (and earlier transitional penal provisions) criminalizes enslavement—including selling, buying, trading, trafficking, or keeping a person in a condition of slavery (even in disguised form)—with penalties such as 7–10 years’ imprisonment (or higher in aggravated cases, such as involving minors). Similar provisions appear in the transitional penal code.16

In practice, the government maintains a compulsory national/military service system (originally limited by law to 18 months under Proclamation 82/1995) that has been extended indefinitely for most citizens (typically ages 18–40 or older, male and female). Conscripts face prolonged or open-ended service, low pay, restrictions on movement, assignment to military or civilian/state-linked labor (including construction, agriculture, and other work), and risks of harsh treatment or punishment for evasion.

The 2016 UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea concluded that this system constitutes slavery under the 1926 Slavery Convention because the state exercises powers attaching to ownership over conscripts. Other UN mechanisms, ILO bodies, Human Rights Watch, the U.S. State Department, and reports such as the Global Slavery Index have characterized it as forced labor, modern slavery, or slavery-like practices that drive large-scale flight from the country.17

Private traditional slavery or open slave markets are not reported as legal or operating under current law. Enforcement of anti-slavery provisions against private actors appears limited in available reporting, and the national service system itself is state policy with exceptions carved out for authorized forced labor under domestic rules. The 1997 Constitution has not been fully implemented in practice.

In short, the legal texts ban slavery and criminalize it, but the state’s indefinite conscription system is the central and heavily documented human rights concern frequently equated with slavery or enslavement by international observers

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Is Eritrea near Magrathea?

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Eritrea

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He's either a purposeful liar or just blindly posts shite without actually reading it.

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Eritrea was not appointed as chair of the commission. Instead, Mike Smith was appointed as the Chair of a new commission tasked with investigating alleged human rights violations in Eritrea.

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