Browsing by Author "Ruhama Taffese"

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    The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement; Policy and Legislative Implications for Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Ruhama Taffese
    This paper assesses the policy and legislative implications of The Paris Agreement for Ethiopia.in examining this issue, it discusses the global as well as the national climate challenge posed currently and the international legal steps taken as a response to this challenge. Climate change has become an undisputed fact and it is threatening the globe, and this is why states have tried to come up with international law solutions for the past half a century. The most resent of these is the 2015 Paris climate agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change. This paper explains the basic structure of and commitments under The Paris Agreement. The paper argues that there has been a big step taken by Ethiopia towards the implementation of its policy commitments under The Paris Agreement, although the practicability of these policy instruments is not yet proved positive. This paper also argues that there has been no binding legal instrument, in Ethiopia, with regards to climate change in general and The Paris Agreement in particular and therefore recommends the issuance of such laws before 2020.the paper also concludes that the existing environmental policy of Ethiopia seems to be neither exhaustive nor specific of climate change issues under The Paris Agreement and recommends that its revision under progress becomes considerate of this.
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    The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement; Policy and Legislative Implications for Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Ruhama Taffese; Dereje Zeleke(PhD)
    This paper assesses the policy and legislative implications of The Paris Agreement for Ethiopia.in examining this issue, it discusses the global as well as the national climate challenge posed currently and the international legal steps taken as a response to this challenge. Climate change has become an undisputed fact and it is threatening the globe, and this is why states have tried to come up with international law solutions for the past half a century. The most resent of these is the 2015 Paris climate agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change. This paper explains the basic structure of and commitments under The Paris Agreement. The paper argues that there has been a big step taken by Ethiopia towards the implementation of its policy commitments under The Paris Agreement, although the practicability of these policy instruments is not yet proved positive. This paper also argues that there has been no binding legal instrument, in Ethiopia, with regards to climate change in general and The Paris Agreement in particular and therefore recommends the issuance of such laws before 2020.the paper also concludes that the existing environmental policy of Ethiopia seems to be neither exhaustive nor specific of climate change issues under The Paris Agreement and recommends that its revision under progress becomes considerate of this.
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    The Role of Diplomatic Missions in Ensuring the Rights of Citizens Abroad; the Case of Ethiopian Embassies at Beirut and Pretoria
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-06-01) Ruhama Taffese; Yonas Ashine (PhD)
    Ethiopians have been migrating outside of the country for centuries for various different reasons. Millions of Ethiopians live across the globe currently and many of these reside in Lebanon and South Africa. Most of the Ethiopians residing in Lebanon work migrated to the country illegally and serve as domestic workers with very little safeguards to their rights while most of the Ethiopians Residing in South Africa engage in the informal sector with recurring threats of Xenophobic attacks. This study thus focused on what diplomatic protection is and ought to be provided to these distressed Ethiopians through the Ethiopian Embassies in Beirut and Pretoria by using qualitative methodology to explore the problem based on the detailed literature review and the interviews conducted. The consular protection and assistance provided by these embassies was found to be very little due to many factors and settling the politics within the country, equipping the embassies with the necessary budget and well trained and diplomats with capacity as well as having distinct attachés for compliant receiving purposes is recommended. The Thesis also recommends the already begun citizen centered diplomacy be well developed Key Words; Violation of Rights, Protection of Citizens Abroad, Role of Diplomatic Missions