The mission of EHREA is to increase public awareness of injustices carried out in Eritrea and elsewhere by the PFDJ and to serve as a platform to hasten the introduction of justice and democracy in Eritrea.

EHREA is a Web Archive which was set up to compile all human rights violations committed by the present regime since 1991, and all crimes committed against innocent fighters and civilians by former veteran (ELF and EPLF)liberation front leaders, who are currently either in the Eritrean government or in one of the opposition groups.

The archive also provides documentation on atrocities committed against Eritrean civilians by the Ethiopian government between 1954-1991 and during the 1998 border war.
Documents on the demise of Asmara University, forced conscription and PFDJ atrocities against youth which caused the flight abroad of thousands of Eritrean youth, are also included in EHREA