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

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.

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.