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Ethiopian Reservation to the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women
(AAU, 2020-05) Bedada , Rahel; Tadesse, Wondemagegn (PhD)
Recently Ethiopia ratified the African Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The Ratification aims to implement international human rights standards that will ensure the protection of women’s rights. The ratification of the instrument was encountered by a substantial amount of reservations. Some of the provisions that are reserved under the Protocol are the new right that makes the protocol creative. Besides having the new features, adhering to the Protocol is the international obligation of the country under various human rights instruments. Therefore the study examines the validity of Ethiopia’s reservation in line with emerging international human rights discourse that is ratification without reservation. The study also examines the importance of compliance with the reserved provisions of the Protocol to promote gender equality.