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Preventable maternal death as a human rights concern is gaining greater momentum. This article examines the normative framework applying to maternal mortality, and highlights the important link that exists between women’s ...

Ensuring Ethiopia’s stability and national unity has now reached a crossroad. Especially, the coming into power of the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the introduction of the Ethiopian Nation, ...

Ethiopian Human Rights Law Series is an annual thematic publication of the School of Law of Addis Ababa University in the field of human rights laws. It was established by the Academic Committee of the School of Law ...

Land remains a valuable asset to the Ethiopian rural population that constitutes approximately 85 per cent of the total population. Land and development are inextricably intertwined in developing agricultural economies ...

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of mental health conditions among female street-based sex workers in Addis Ababa. Quantitative research approach was employed and data were collected using a ...

The era of globalization is accompanied by trans-border investment activities. These activities are partly regulated by bilateral and multi-lateral investment agreements signed between different State entities. One of ...

Purpose Cancer is of increasing prevalence in less-developed countries. However, research on the patients’ quality of life (QoL) in these countries is very limited. The aim of this study was to examine QoL of cancer ...

Gumma is a customary dispute resolution mechanism which practiced mainly by Oromo and Somali people as a resort to remedy injustice and to restore peace between the conflicting parties. The role this customary resolution ...

This studyfocuses on contraceptive and its impact on women’s reproductive rights, inthe case of Gondar city in Ethiopia. The research comprises the major human rights of women’s reproductive healththat are recognized ...