Publication Date

Winter 1996

Journal

Suffolk Transnational Law Review

Abstract

The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution, while intended to address historical injustices, has exacerbated tribalism, human rights violations, and poverty by establishing a flawed federal system based on ethnic affiliation. The Constitution grants excessive autonomy to ethnic-based states, undermining national unity and central authority. Its lack of enforceable limitations on government power, absence of judicial review, and emphasis on secession have created a system prone to instability and human rights abuses. The article argues that the Constitution's structure, inspired by defunct Soviet models, is ill-suited to Ethiopia's needs, threatening its democracy, development, and cohesion.

Volume

20

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

84

Publisher

Suffolk University Law School

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Human Rights Law | Law | Law and Society | Rule of Law

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