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Academic Rank: Lecturer Academic Level: LLM, LL.M, M.A, LL.B School: Law Department: Law Field of Specialization: International Human Rights Law, Public International Law The Highest Educational Qualifications: LL.M, LL.M |
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Brief Biography: Currently, he is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, Monash University in Australia (on study leave). Prior to joining Monash Law, he was a lecturer in law at School of Law, Bahir Dar University where he was teaching and researching on Media Law and Advanced Construction Law. He has started his teaching debut at School of Law, Samara University in 2014 where he was served as Assistant Lecturer. Later, he has been appointed as—Lecturer in Law, and Head of the Law School. He holds degrees—Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Human Rights Law (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Honours Masters in Leadership (Groningen Honours College, the Netherlands), LL.M in Public International Law (Addis Ababa University) , and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) in Law (Wollo University). His scholarship unravels to answer the balance between freedom of expression, and privacy on the Internet under the African human rights system. He uses a maiore ad minus view of international law to (re)define general discourses, perspectives, and narratives into specific human rights framework. |
Address Phone: +251920488884 Email: eneyewyohannes@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-1374 Twitter: @yeayalew
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Research Interest: Internet Freedom, Intermediary Liability, African Human Rights System, Construction Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law and Public International Law. |
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List of Publications (selected) 1. The Internet shutdown muzzle(s) freedom of expression in Ethiopia: competing narratives, Journal of Information & Communications Technology Law, Vol 28:2(2019) 208-224. 2. Risk Allocation Norms of Civil Construction Contracts in Ethiopia, Mizan Law Review Vol 11:2 (2017) 424-440. 3. The Legal and Institutional framework governing counter-corruption in Ethiopia: a critical legal analysis, in Gaurav Kataria & Dr. Abhilasha Kataria (eds), Advanced Issues in International Criminal Law, Vol. II, March 2016 PP.25-61 4. Balancing Foreign Investment and Free Flow of Capital in Ethiopia, Addis Fortune Vol. 17:877, February 19,2017 5. Op-ed: How internet shutdowns have affected the lives of millions of Ethiopians, The ConversationApril 2020 6. Op-ed: A Tale of Two Prime Ministers? Internet Shutdowns Gagging Free Speech in Ethiopia, Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, July 2019. 7. Op-ed: The Underappreciated Banjul Jurisprudence on the Right to Health, Global Health Law Groningen Blog (GHLG) Nov.2017.
Paper Presentations · A Tale of Two Prime Ministers? Internet Shutdowns Gagging Free Speech in Ethiopia, the 6thForum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica 2019, Addis Ababa) · Strategically Litigating Internet Shutdowns in Africa: Time to test Ethiopian Courts, Organised by AcessNow at RightsCon 2019 Summit, June 13, 2019 Tunis, Tunisia · Countering (mis/dis)information in Turbulent Political Transition: The Case of Ethiopia, Presented at the University of Johannesburg, Feb 14, 2019 South Africa. · Freedom of Expression and Internet Shutdowns in Ethiopia: towards accountability, presented at a jointly organized by University of Oxford and University of Johannesburg June 8th 2018 · Ethiopian Contractors and legal challenges, presented at the 4th Ethiopian Construction Investment Forum at Capital Hotel Addis, Ethiopia, April 16,2017 |
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Courses taught: Media Law, Advanced Construction Law |
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Community Engagement, Trainings and volunteering: · Interview—Countering hate speech and disinformation in Ethiopia, Walta Tv, February 12, 2020 · Interview— Internet Shutdown in Ethiopia, BBC London & BBC Amharic, June 17, 2019. · Advanced Training on Media Law, Organised by Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), Kampala, Uganda, 2019. · Advanced Training on Gender Mainstreaming, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University, 2019. · A Chair of the Working Group on Prevention of Internet Shutdown in Ethiopia, Network for Digital Rights in Ethiopia (NDRE) since 2019. · Abyssinia Law standing Blogger, 2014-Present :Contributing blog posts and articles |
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