Ethiopia’s Obligation to Compensate for Human Rights Violations: A Look at International, Regional and National Legal Instruments
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University,
Abstract
States has ratified and complied to various international and regional legal human rights
instruments. Thus, the protection of human rights has become the international obligation of
every state party to the given legal instruments.
As stated under different human rights instruments, Individual’s right to compensation in case of
human rights violations is international human rights obligation of state parties to the legal
instruments. Meanwhile, this right requires states to adopt all the necessary legislative and
institutional measures and accordingly, comply with accepted international standards .As
Ethiopia is a party to a number of human rights legal instruments, It has a duty to comply with
the international human rights obligations which include victim’s right to compensation
regarding human rights violations by adopting necessary measures for effective compliance to
the human rights instruments.