CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Birhanu, Ephrem Tadesse |
|---|---|
| Title | CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN ETHIOPIA: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION TOO QUALIFIED? |
| Summary | Associational life in Ethiopia existed since time immemorial in a form of traditional community based organizations. The emergence and growth of modern civil society organizations is, however, a recent phenomenon. Even though the Ethiopian Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of association, a comprehensive and up-to-date legislation was lacking, for so long, that would effectively regulate the steadily advancing civil society organizations that have evolved to partaking in more complex arenas such as advancement of human rights. The normal relationship between the government and civil society organizations was strained following the contested 2005 election that gave rise to the enactment of an infamous Charities and Societies Proclamation in 2009. The law contains a number of restrictive provisions that proscribe civil society organizations from engaging in human rights, thus, falling short of international standards on the right to freedom of association. |
| Supervisor | Smilov, Daniel |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/birhanu_ephrem.pdf |
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