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Semahagn Gashu Abebe
Dr. Semahagn G. Abebe received his LLM degree in International Economic Law and Human Rights Law from the University of Amsterdam and studied Masters (LLM) and Doctorate Degree (PhD) at the University of Goettingen. His PhD work focused on federalism and the accommodation of linguistic diversity in the context of the Ethiopian ethnic federal system that has been adopted since 1995. He has extensive teaching and research experience. He was formerly a lecturer of law at different universities in Ethiopia. In 2012-2013, he was a Bank of Ireland post-doctoral fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway. During the fellowship at Galway, he taught International Trade and Human Rights Seminar course to LLM students. He has also published a number of articles and his first book is under publication. His articles deals with various issues including financial sector liberalization under the World Trade Organization and the implications to the African financial sector, the opportunities and challenges of adopting ethnic federal system in sub-Saharan Africa, traditional institutions and legal pluralism in Africa as well as the human rights implications of land grab in Africa. He has also presented various papers in different international academic conferences. On 25 April 2013, he was invited to make a speech on ‘Democracy and Human Rights: The Case of Ethiopia’ in a special event at the University of Geneva. His book The Last Post Cold-War Socialist Federation: Ethnicity, Ideology and Democracy in Ethiopia addresses the ideological fundamentals behind the structure and function of the Ethiopian ethnic federal system and its implications for building a democratic federal structure in the country.