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Browsing Research Articles (Centre for Human Rights) by Author "Abebe, Adem Kassie"
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Abebe, Adem Kassie
(The American Society of Comparative Law, 2012)
This Article analyzes the extent to which some of the highest
courts in Africa have tackled the potential conflict between the power
of judicial review on the one hand, and public opinion on the other, by
looking at two ...
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Viljoen, Frans; Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-02-11)
A solid stream of cases have been submitted to the quasi-judicial and judicial treaty
monitoring bodies making up the African regional human rights system, namely the
African Commission, the African Children’s Rights ...
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Killander, Magnus; Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Juta Law, 2012)
This article considers human rights developments in the African Union (AU)
during 2010 and 2011; two years that saw the work of the leading human
rights institution on the African continent, the African Commission on
Human ...
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Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Institute for Foreign and Comparative Law, UNISA, 2013)
This article assesses decisions of domestic courts in Africa on the right of
prisoners to vote. Although there is an increasing recognition of this right
to vote at national level, it is difficultto talk of such a ‘right’ ...
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Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Juta Law, 2014)
The South African Constitution establishes procedures for amending any of its provisions
and empowers the Constitutional Court to decide on the constitutionality of these
amendments. Whether or not the Constitution imposes ...
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Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Oxford University Press, 2019-01)
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has the required substantive basis to function, and has in fact shown the willingness to operate, as a constitutional court for Africa. The Court has invalidated not only laws ...
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Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Juta Law, 2010)
This article analyses the legal regime governing standing to enforce constitutional rights in Ethiopia. It reiterates the direct link between standing rules and the right of access to justice. It observes that, although ...
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Abebe, Adem Kassie
(Center for African Studies, University of Florida, 2013)
Federalism institutionalizes the division of powers and creates the circumstances that render inter-governmental disputes almost inevitable. It is therefore necessary that federal constitutions establish mechanisms for the ...