Analysis of Human Rights Impacts of Development Induced Displacement: The Case of Finchaa Amerti Nashedam
| dc.contributor.advisor | Birmeta, Birmeta (PhD Candidate) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kitila, Debela | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-06T12:47:20Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T04:51:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-06T12:47:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T04:51:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigated the legal and practical protection of development induced displaced victims' rights in case of mega projects. For this purpose, secondary sources such as relevant legal literatures, books, laws, articles and journals were analyzed while interviews and field observations were the primary sources employed. Each year, millions of people around the globe are forcibly relocated and resettled away from their homes, lands and livelihoods in order to make way for large-scale development projects such as dams. This forced relocation is known as Development Induced Displacement. The thesis offers an overview of the human rights violations that have been taking place in Ethiopia as a result of the implementation of mega development projects by focusing on FAN project in Horro Guduru Wollega. This research examines the legal projection of the right not to be displaced and the impact of dispiacement on human rights specifically on the right to life, food, hOUSing, adequate standard of living, the right to participation and right to development. The research revealed that although FDRE Constitution and other legislations guaranteed the right not to be displaced in arbitrary manner, the laws and practice are inconsistent with the standards et forth by international human rights instruments. In addition to this, the thesis analyzes the shortcomings a/Ethiopian laws, and how the FAN has induced impoverishment and violated human rights. To protect human rights of DID the research recommends the government to amend or repeal the laws inconsistent with human rights and to adopt laws which further protect human rights in progressive way. The'study urges policy makers and concerned authority to envisage competing human rights using legality, legitimate aim and proportionality tests, to follow human rights based-approaches, to conduct human rights impact assessment before, during and after evictions, to rehabIlitate the livelihood of evictees. Finally, the thesis recommends that Ethiopia should implement and adopt a legal framework to address issues of victim of development-induced displacement and provide project affected people with legally enforceable rights regarding resettlement and rehabilitation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31929 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydroelectric project, Development, Development induced Displacement -Human rights violations | en_US |
| dc.title | Analysis of Human Rights Impacts of Development Induced Displacement: The Case of Finchaa Amerti Nashedam | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |