international law

Ethiopia must address impunity for human rights abuses by security forces

Independent oversight and legal reforms are needed to address extrajudicial killings.

4 years

A legal solution to Ethiopia’s military problems in and around Tigray

The same zeal for solving entrenched disputes on the battlefield needs to be taken to the legal arena. 

5 years

Ethiopia’s sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect in Tigray

A balance must be struck between shielding civilians and respecting the state.

5 years

Justice will not be served by a joint Ethiopian-UN inquiry into Tigray atrocities

UN human rights investigators should not work with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, a state-funded institution that lacks political independence.

5 years

There is no African solution for Ethiopia’s Tigray problem

A UN—not AU—commission is needed to investigate the reported war crimes.

5 years

The impending famine in Tigray

Compelling reasons for swift, impartial, and unhampered aid delivery. s the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…

5 years

Accountability for atrocities—why Ethiopia should join the ICC

Regardless of the International Criminal Court’s failure, there are numerous reasons why Ethiopia should become a state party to the…

5 years

Sink or swim: unlocking the Nile impasse

The only way to solve the disagreement between upstream Ethiopia and downstream Egypt is by abrogating and replacing obsolete and…

7 years