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Dr. Fasil Mulatu

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kassahun Tilahun

MA Program Coordinator

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kassahun Tilahun

MA Program Coordinator

With a PhD in Psychology, Dr. Kassahun Tilahun possesses an extensive theoretical and practical understanding of child and adolescent development and education, child rights, as well as gender equality and women's empowerment. Currently, he holds the position of assistant professor of Psychology and MA program Coordinator at the Centre for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University. Additionally, he is actively involved as a researcher at GAGE (Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence), AfriChild, and Quest RTC. Dr. Kassahun brings with him over 18 years of experience as a university professor, researcher, and consultant in both local and international NGOs. Throughout his academic and research journey, Dr. Kassahun has established himself as an efficient instructor and researcher and is recognised as an enthusiastic individual who is a pleasure to work with.

Professor Christophe Van der Beken

Ph.D Program Coordinator

Full professor

Professor Christophe Van der Beken

Ph.D Program Coordinator

Christophe Van der Beken (PhD, Ghent University) is an Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University, College of Law and Governance Studies. His areas of expertise and research interests include public law, comparative constitutional law, federalism, human rights and minority rights, local government, and good governance. He has extensive teaching experience, educating and advising students on topics related to his areas of expertise. In this regard, he hasacted as promoter and examiner of various PhD thesesin Ethiopia and abroad.He has authored and edited many books, policy papers, and articles, several of which have been published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Anchinesh Shiferaw

Assistant Professor

Head, Center for Human Rights

Dr. Anchinesh Shiferaw

Assistant Professor

Anchinesh holds PhD in Human Rights, LLM in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from University of Pretoria, South Africa and LL.B from the Faculty of law of Addis Ababa University. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Center for Human Rights of Addis Ababa University. She has over fifteen years of experience in teaching, conducting research, providing capacity building trainings and implementing various projects for governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. Her research areas focus on various women's rights issues including violence against women and global norms, rural women land rights, gender responsive legislative drafting, constitutional jurisprudence, plural justice system, human trafficking, gender mainstreaming, women's participation in transitional justice. She has published research which involves policy and legal analysis on academic journals.
For her publication, check her ORCiD ID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2190-8283

Dr. Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik

Associate Professor

Dr. Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik

Associate Professor

Tadesse’s academic engagement and research focuses on public international law (with a focus on the regime of transboundary rivers), human rights and humanitarian laws, and investment policies. He has extensively published on the subjects - approaching multifaceted issues from theoretical and practical perspectives and presenting insights that offer concrete recommendations that are relevant in national, regional and international contexts. Tadesse is the author of many publications; he authored International Watercourses Law in the Nile Basin, Three States at a Crossroads (Earthscan - Routledge, 2013); and co-authoredThe Currents of Power: Water and the New World Order (A.B. Taures,2010), Ethiopian-African Perspectives on Human Rights and Good Governance (Neuer Wissenschaflitcher Verlag, 2014),and Implementation of International Human Rights Commitments and Impact on Ongoing Legal Reforms in Ethiopia (Brill Nijhoff, 2020). Currently, Tadesse teaches at the College of Law, Addis Ababa University, and provides advisory services to the Ministry of Justice and the Ethiopian Investment Commission.
Degrees Ph.D. (International Law - 2011) University of Oslo, School of Law, LL.M (International Law - 2006) University of Erasmus-Rotterdam, School of Law, LL.M (Human Rights and Humanitarian Law – 2003/4) University of Lund, School of Law
Publications Link: Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik | Addis Ababa University - Academia.edu
Awards -Fulbright Senior Researcher, Berkeley School of Law
-Visiting Researcher: Michigan School of Law
Grad Students - Eight students - PhD Programs - Seven students - MA/LLM Programs

Email:tadesse.kassa@aau.edu.et; tadkas1@gmail.com

Mr. Abduletif Kedir Idris

Lecturer (Ph.D Candidate)

Mr. Abduletif Kedir Idris

Lecturer (Ph.D Candidate)

Abduletif joined the center in 2012 and has taught courses on federalism, ethnicity, culture and social change as they relate to the theory and practice of human rights. He also teaches courses in public law including administrative procedure at the school of Law. He has published numerous articles and book chapters in peer reviewed publications. At the policy level, he advises governmental, non-governmental and international organizations on the subjects relating to his teaching and research interest. Abduletif holds an LLB from Addis Ababa University and an LLM from the University of Alabama. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle Germany.