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USAID Ethiopia Joins ABA and AAU Law School in Launching First Law Textbooks in 40 Years

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Five new law textbooks published for Ethiopia's law schools by USAID and ABA
Group photo of USAID, ABA, and AAU Law School faculty and textbook authors
(top) USAID Deputy Mission Director Jason D. Fraser presents newly published textbooks to representatives of 18 law schools. (Bottom) USAID, American Bar Association and AAU officials join the authors of the new law books.
09/14/2012
At a ceremony at the Addis Ababa University on September 14, 2012, USAID Ethiopia and its partners in the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative celebrated  the publishing of five law textbooks developed in cooperation with faculty of  the law schools at Addis Ababa University (AAU) and Saint Mary's College. The five books, titled “Ethiopian Constitutional Law,” “Ethiopian Property Law,” “Principles of Ethiopian Criminal Law,” “Ethiopian Criminal Procedure,” and “The Ethiopian Law of Intellectual Property Rights,” will be distributed to 18 public university law schools around Ethiopia.
 
AAU School of Law Dean Zekarias Kenea presided over the event and USAID Deputy Mission Director Jason Fraser, a lawyer by training, delivered remarks noting USAID's long involvement with and support to the AAU law school dating back to its founding in 1963. Ms.

Peace Brokers

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 3:09am
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Subtitle: 
USAID-sponsored reconciliation efforts usher in historic truce accord in Ethiopia’s pastoral south.
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Men Sit at the Sigining of the Peace Accord
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Mercey Corp
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A dusty town in the Somali region of Ethiopia, Hudet had been the focal point of a longstanding conflict. For decades, four clans—the Gari, Guji, Gebra and Borena—had competed over scarce resources and fought over a vast territory along the disputed borderlands between Ethiopia’s Somali and Oromiya regional states.


Clashes among the groups had regularly escalated into violence that destabilized pockets of the region. Historically, these clashes included cattle-raiding and revenge-killing, driven by competition for control over key resource areas that support local livelihoods, as well as a culture that often rewards displays of violence. In 2009, a particularly devastating conflict over access to key resources among these communities resulted in many deaths and large-scale displacement.


But by July 2011, this tension and conflict were no longer apparent in Hudet. Women in brightly colored dresses and headscarves went about their business, kids chased each other down the road, and a teenage boy ambled through town with his herd of cattle. A Somali couple had opened a modest, new hotel, evidence of the peace that had ushered in investment.

Human Rights and Advocacy Training

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Date of Operation: 2007 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: Justice for All - Prison Fellowship Ethiopia

Regions of Operation: Addis Ababa, Benishangul, Gambela, Oromia, Somali and Tigray

Goal:

Deter human rights abuses and strengthen the administration of justice nationwide

Objectives:

  • Training for federal and regional court and police officials in international and national human rights law and institutional administrative regulations
  • Strengthen dialogue between relevant justice sector actors and stakeholders
  • Assist with the design and implementation of justice sector reforms based on international best practice.

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