Ethiopian Reservation to the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women
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2020-05
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AAU
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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.
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African Charter,Rights of Women