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This edited volume on Implementation of International Human Rights Commitments and Implications on Ongoing Legal Reforms in Ethiopia addresses key themes of contemporary interest focused on identifying the gaps between Ethiopia’s human rights commitments and the practical problems associated with the realisation of human rights goals. Political and legal challenges affecting implementation at the domestic levels continue in Ethiopian – the nature and complexity of which have been thoroughly expounded in this volume. This edition uncovers the key challenges involving civil and political rights, socio-economic rights and cultural and institutional dimensions of the implementation of human rights in Ethiopia – while the country is absorbed in legal and political reforms.

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Author:   Wolfgang Benedek ,  Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik ,  Tesfaye Abate Abebe
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   131
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9789004415942

ISBN 10:   9004415947
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   06 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Civil and Political Rights  Incitement to Ethnic Hatred in Ethiopia and Freedom of Expression   Asmelash Yohannes Teklu  Extending Voting Rights to the Ethiopian Diaspora: Towards Institutionalising Diaspora Political Participation in Ethiopia   Teguadda Alebachew  The Right to Cross-Examination and Witness Protection in Ethiopia: A Comparative Study   Tadesse Melaku Part 2: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  The Need to Accommodate the Basic Rights of Ethno-National Minorities in the Oromia Regional State of Federal Ethiopia   Sisay Mengistie Addisu  Assessing the Right to Property, Eviction and Compensation in Ethiopia vis-à-vis International Human Rights Law   Zerihun Yimer Geleta  Cultural Legitimisation of Human Rights: The Case of the Guraghe Ethno-Cultural Community in Ethiopia   Sisay Kinfe Part 3: Vulnerable Groups  Legal Empowerment of Women through Property Rights in Ethiopia   Tesfaye Abate Abebe  Ensuring the Compatibility of the Ethiopian Law on Legal Capacity with Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)   Mehreteab G. Ghebregergs  The Right to Mental Health: A Critical Look at the State of Human Rights of the Mentally Ill in Ethiopia   Wondwossen Wakene Frew  Exploring Tax Incentive Mechanisms to Strengthen the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Private Workforce in Ethiopia   Gebrehiwot Hadush and Biniam Mekonen Part 4: Institutional and Remedial Issues  From ‘Rights in Law’ to ‘Rights in Action’: Towards an Effective Remedy for Human Rights Violations through Constitutional Complaint Procedures in Ethiopia   Yemane Kassa Hailu  Enforcement of Constitutional Bills of Rights in the Regional States of Ethiopia   Mekonnen Fisseha and Gebrehiwot Hadush  Assessing the Ethiopian House of Federation in the Light of the Exhaustion of the Local Remedies Rule under the African Charter   Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam  Index

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Wolfgang Benedek, PhD (1988), University of Graz, is Professor Emeritus of International Law at University of Graz. He has published widely in the areas of human rights, development and security, acting as main editor of the European Yearbook on Human Rights 2009-2018 (Intersentia). Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik, PhD (2011), University of Oslo, is Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University. He has co-edited volumes, published books and several journal articles on international and human rights laws, including Ethiopian-African Perspectives on Human Rights and Good Governance, (eds. 2014, N-WV Pub., Graz-Austria). Tesfaye Abate Abebe, PhD (2018), University of South Africa, is Assistant Professor at the Ethiopian Civil Service University. He has published journal articles on various issues of human rights, including the right to development, environment and food.

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