Mohammed Abdo

Born in 1973 in Moyale, Ethiopia, Mohammed Abdo is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Institute of Federalism and Legal Studies, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He will be receiving his doctoral degree in law frm Ghent University, Belgium, by the end of January 2015. He obtained his LLM from Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 2007 and LLB from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1998. The author has published a number of monographs, articles, and book chapters. A selection of his publications include: 'The Human Rights Commission of Ethiopia and Issues of Forced Evictions - A Case-Oriented Study of its Practice', in Brems, Van der Beken & Yimer, eds., Human Rights and Development: Legal Perspectives from and for Ethiopia, Brill (forthcoming); 'The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and Its Contribution in the Protection of Human Rights and Building of Good Governance: Challenges and Prospects', in Benedek et al., eds., Ethiopian-African Perspectives on Human Rights and Good Governance, NWV Verlag, 2014, pp 19-40; 'National Human Rights Institutions and Social and Economic Rights: Examination of Mandate and Practice of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission', in Brems, De Beco & Vandeh, edition, National Human Rights Institutions and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Intersentia, 2013, pp 121-141; 'Sharia Courts as an Alternative Mechanism of Dispute Resolution in Ethiopia', in Assefa Fiseha, Fekade Azeze & Gebre Hantiso, edition, Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Ethiopia, Eclipse: Addis Ababa, 2012 (pp 261-290); 'Legal Pluralism, Sharia Courts and Constitutional Issues in Ethiopia', Mizan Law Review, Volume 5, No. 1, 2011 (pp 72-104); A monograph on Civil Procedure - Ethiopia, International Encyclopaedia of Civil ProcedureCIVI 55 Ethiopia, Kluwer Law International, 2010 (215 pp); Administrative Law, a Textbook for teaching at Law Schools, Jimma University and Bahirdar University, Ethiopia, Eclipse, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2010 (financed by NUFFIC, the Netherlands), pp 213; 'The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission: Challenges Facing Its Effective Functioning'Chinese Yearbook of Human Rights, Volume IV, published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, andUN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008 (pp 23-52); 'The Relevance and Contribution of the UN Watercourses Convention toward Resolving the Problems in the Nile Basin', CEPMLP Internet Journal, Volume 15, Article 8, Dundee University, Scotland, April 2005; 'The Nile Question: The Accords on the Water of the Nile and Their Implications on Cooperative Schemes in the Basin', Perceptions Journal of International Affairs, Volume IX, No. 2, Center for Strategic Research, Turkey, Imaj A.S., pp 45-57, Summer 2004 ed; 'Challenges Facing the New Ethiopian Ombudsman Institution' published in the International Ombudsman Yearbook, Volume 6 (2002), International Ombudsman Institute, University of Alberta, Canada, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2004 (pp 76-99); A Teaching Material on Civil Procedure, Diploma Programme, Institute of Distance Learning, Ethiopian Civil Service College, Berhanena Selam Publishers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 2004, pp 223 (the book is in three volumes).