Implementation of International Human Rights Commitments and the Impact on Ongoing Legal Reforms in Ethiopia

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-41594-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 131, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Reihe: International Studies in Human Rights

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benedek, Wolfgang

Woldetsadik, Tadesse Kassa

Abebe, Tesfaye Abate

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Afrika (außer Südafrika)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.