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    An Appraisal of the Enforcement of International and Regional Human Rights Obligations in Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2011-05) Lisanework, Bayenew; Mebrie, Solomon (PhD)
    The implementation of international human rights standards at a domestic level is well recognized as crucial for protecting human rights. Enforcing human rights is basically a responsibility of individual states. States must ensure an effective protection of human rights at the domestic level through various means, which may include enactment of the necessary laws and to abide by the principles and standards of the several international instruments on human rights. Human rights have recently become a sensitive issue in Ethiopia, a major field of debates between the government and different opposition groups; and between the Government and national and international human rights organizations. This research is an attempt to an appraisal of national efforts to promote and protect human rights given the fact that Ethiopia is part of the international human rights system. The appraisal is based on the legal and institutional frameworks in the country which are important for the enforcement of treaty-based obligations concerning human rights. The research has found out that violations of human rights have been and continue to be committed in the country by state and non-state actors. Numerous accounts of human rights abuses in different corners of the country have been observed and reported by international and national bodies concerned with the issue. These facts call for due regard from the Government as well as individuals acting in their official and individual capacity. Generally, the appraisal of the enforcement of the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution in line with the treaty obligations that the country has entered to observe those rights and freedoms is the ultimate concern of this research paper. Key Words: - Appraisal, Enforcement, Human Rights, International Human Rights System, Human Rights Protection, Human Rights Violation