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dc.contributor.authorFøllesdal, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-09T09:14:30Z
dc.date.available2023-02-09T09:14:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-24
dc.description.abstract<p>How might Ethiopia maintain its federal structure and its territory? ‘Constitutional contestation’ in Ethiopia is fuelled by two factors: regions and political parties follow ethnic line; and the Ethiopian Constitution has a secession clause. <p>A central challenge is to secure sufficient political trust. The public must be assured that authorities and individuals across regional borders generally comply with the law. This requires authoritative, independent ways to settle disagreements and monitor compliance, including carefully designed multi-level checks and balances, representatives of regions in central decision making bodies, and a ‘competence police’. So we should welcome the prohibition of the 2019 Election Law against ethnically based political parties. Strong and credible human rights constraints together with free media and functioning opposition parties may also foster trusts,. This is one further reason why Ethiopia should grant the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) jurisdiction to hear cases from ngo s and individuals.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFøllesdal, A. (2021). Stability and trust in federations with ethnic territories and a secession clause - Challenges and opportunities for Ethiopia. <i>International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 28</i>(5), 927-943.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1915303
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/15718115-bja10031
dc.identifier.issn1385-4879
dc.identifier.issn1571-8115
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/28521
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal on Minority and Group Rights
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 259017en_US
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleStability and trust in federations with ethnic territories and a secession clause - Challenges and opportunities for Ethiopiaen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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