Full Description
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.
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
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