Academic Rank: Lecturer Academic Level: LLB, LLM School: Law school Department: Law Field of Specialization: Public International law Brief Biography: Zewdu was born in 1986; he earned his first degree in law from Bahir Dar university and his LLM in public international law from Addis Ababa university. He has been teaching in Bahir dar university since 2010. He also participated as legal expert in the FDRE ministry of foreign affairs for the drafting and preparation of the 2nd Universal Periodic review report and that of the 5th and 6th national report of Ethiopia on African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights document. |
Address: · P.O.Box: 5001
Tel. No. +251 (058)--------- (Office)
Mobile No.: +251 913289179 E-mail:zewdu_mengesha@yahoo.com |
Research Interest: Human Rights, Water law, Environmental law, International watercourse laws, |
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List of Publications: Ø Flexible Mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol: the contribution and limitation of Carbon trading (published in Addis Ababa University student law review Vol 4, 2013. Ø Unratified Treaties, Unilateral Declarations and Modus Vivendi: Circumstances to be considered to have Effect on State Parties. (published in Bahir Dar university journal of law Vol 3;2) Ø The Application of the duty not to cause significant harm rule in the Nile basin. (Published in Bahir Dar university Journal of Law Vol 4, number 2). Ø The interplay between the duty not to cause significant harm and the equitable and reasonable utilization principle. (published in Bahir Dar university school of law journal Vol 5;2) Ø The duty not to cause significant harm under international water law: its application in the Nile basin.( master thesis)
Paper Presentation: Ø Flexible Mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol: the contribution and limitation of Carbon trading. |
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Courses taught: Public International law, International Environmental law, Jurisprudence, Water law, Ethiopian environmental policies and laws, |