Editors:
- Focuses on important accomplishments and challenges in Ethiopia, the Horn and the continent of Africa that demonstrate the region’s commitment to international law at a time when the latter is under siege even by its traditional guardians
- Covers fundamental principles of international law, including those dealing with the peaceful settlement of international disputes
- Brings new voices to, and enriches, the international law discourse with cutting-edge expertise from Africa, Europe, North America and Asia
Part of the book series: Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law (EtYIL, volume 2018)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Articles
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Front Matter
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UN and Other Bilateral Documents
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Front Matter
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About this book
EtYIL 2018 comes at a time when multilateralism and its underpinning norms of international law and institutions are under siege. At the same time, in 2018, Africa stood out for upholding multilateralism and international law. From the adoption of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area to the signing of peace agreements that brought to an end two decades of hostilities between Eritrea and Ethiopia, 2018 was indeed a remarkable year for international law in Africa. EtYIL 2018 covers some of these issues, including the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission decisions on jus ad bellum, jus in bello, evidentiary and procedural matters and the role of arbitration in upholding the international rule of law. Such new developments as the lifting of UN sanctions against Eritrea and the agreements signed between Eritrea and Ethiopia are also covered in this volume. The volume further devotes considerable attention to other legal issues including: the use and misuse of European patent law to the detriment of developing countries’ interests, sharing transboundary resources, production sharing agreements on extractives , evolving rules governing economic relations between Africa and the European Union in the context of Brexit, contract-farming in the African cocoa and chocolate industry, the International Criminal Court and human rights law, and cyber-attacks and the role of international law in tackling them. These chapters, authored by experts from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America not only bring new and diverse voices to the international law discourse; they also contribute to EtYIL’s overarching goal of contributing to the effort to rebalance the narrative of international law.
Keywords
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- African Continental Free Trade Area
- ACFTA
- International Law in Africa
- United Nations Security Council
- Sanctions
- European patent law
- economic relations
- Africa and Brexit
- human rights
- territorial claims
- UN sanctions
- patent rights
- contract-farming
- shared water resources
- production sharing agreements
- ICC
- extra-territorial application of human rights relating to Africa
- developing countries
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Law, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Zeray Yihdego
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Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Melaku Geboye Desta
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Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Martha Belete Hailu
About the editors
Prof. Dr. Zeray Yihdego, Aberdeen University Law School
Prof. Dr. Melaku Geboye Desta, Leicester De Montfort Law School
Asst. Prof. Martha Belete Hailu, Addis Ababa University
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2018
Book Subtitle: In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity
Editors: Zeray Yihdego, Melaku Geboye Desta, Martha Belete Hailu
Series Title: Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24078-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24077-6Published: 08 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24080-6Published: 08 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24078-3Published: 25 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2522-5286
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5294
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 285
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public International Law , Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , African Politics, International Relations