Eritrea ethiopia boundary commission observations of 21. The experience of the eritreaethiopia claims commission. Ethiopia accepted the two documents but eritrea had serious reservations, so consultations continued, and the united states and oau continued to press eritrea for its acceptance. The awards on liability and damages for violations of international humanitarian law of the eritreaethiopia claims commission uncover both the extent of state responsibility for unlawful displacement and deportation of civilian population resulting from wrongful actions of belligerents under international law and the availability of remedies for victims of such violations.
In 2000, eritrea and ethiopia filed claims against each other in the eritreaethiopia claims commission commission for humanitarian international law violations that arose from a violent border dispute between the two countries. For instance coffee, must be examined by the ethiopian coffee and tea development which is under. Won kidane, civil liability for violations of international humanitarian law. Decision of the eritreaethiopia boundary commission eebc. Following the breakout of armed conflict between the federal democratic republic of ethiopia ethiopia and the state of.
Initially, the ethiopian government claimed victory even though it. That commission was set up pursuant to a december 2000 agreement which provided jurisdiction to the fivearbitrator commission to hear claims by either government or its nationals against the other government for loss, damage, or injury that was both related to their 19982000 war and that resulted from a violation of international law. The customs commission erca should physically examine the export goods in particular whether they confirm to the customs declaration and depending on the risk assessment. Prisoners of war, ethiopias claim 4 paras 1 to 80 source. Eritreaethiopia claims commission office of legal affairs the. Commission uncc, and the eritreaethiopia claims commission eecc. Matheson background in may 1998 an armed conflict broke out between eritrea and ethiopia that extended over two years and caused substantial loss of life, personal injury and economic damage. Romesh weeramantry in its seven partial awards and two final awards issued on 19 december 2005, the eritrea ethiopia claims commission1 has produced a significant body of case law on the subject of international armed conflict. Finally, the article concludes with suggestions to improve ethiopian merger regulation. The author, from the institute for african progress, argues that four steps are needed to help end conflict in the region. For one thing, they disagree about the amount of water that ethiopia. The border war between ethiopia and eritrea ended in december 2000 with the.
Ethiopias coffee growers has declined sharply since the start of the decade. The new regime includes new merger control regulations under which the comesa competition commission ccc will operate as a onestop shop for. Eritreaethiopia boundary commission sixteenth report on the work of the commission 1. The 51person commission that has been anointed by mother ethiopia and subsequently baptized by the socalled eda leadership is scrambling to win approval of the people in advance of the scandalous national conference it is planning to hold in less than nine months. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The eritreaethiopia boundary commission delivered its decision on delimitation of the border between eritrea and ethiopia to representatives of. Ethiopas investment commission eic is mandated with promoting investments in ethiopia. Pdf the eritreaethiopia claims commission and customary. Ethiopia fully accepts the rulings of the ethioeritrea.
Yesterday, the eritreaethiopia claims commission awarded final damage awards for the fifteen partial and final awards on liability it rendered between july 1, 2003 and december 19, 2005. Conflict resolution, arbitration, border conflict, boundary commission, claims. Litigating war offers an indepth examination of the law and procedure of the eritreaethiopia claims commission, which was tasked with deciding, through binding arbitration, claims for losses, damages, and injuries resulting from the 19982000 eritreanethiopian war. A hearing was held at the peace palace in the hague in march 2004, in conjunction with a hearing on ethiopia s related claim 5. Beyond the fragile peace between ethiopia and eritrea. Eritrea s main claims and ethiopia s defenses have their origins in the unusual.
Cairo and addis ababa still seem to be poles apart on other issues as well. Pdf the border dispute between eritrea and ethiopia legal. Hence, many theories of war combine causal variables from different levels of. Eritrea ethiopia claims commission partial award prisoners of war ethiopia s claim 4 between the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and the state of eritrea the hague, july 1,2003 by the claims commission, composed of.
For its part, egypt claims that ethiopia is dragging out negotiations while it races to finish construction and make the dam a fait accompli. After providing an overview of the war, the authors describe how the commission was established, its jurisdiction, the sources. The approach of the eritreaethiopia claims commission. One of ethiopias claims was that eritrea initiated the armed conflict by an illegal use of force. The ethiopiaeritrea impasse carries serious risk of a new war and is a major source of instability in the horn of africa, most critically for somalia. The commission was established to determine claims for breaches of. Eritreaethiopia, partial award on pows how does law. Annex i eritreaethiopia boundary commission sixteenth. In may 1998, hostilities between ethiopia and eritrea led to a large scale war that began when eritrean forces occupied the border town of badme, which was then administered by ethiopia. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 12 of security council resolution 20 2000 of 15 september 2000, in which the council requested me to keep it closely and regularly informed of the progress towards the implementation of the resolution.
With this final award in eritreas claims for damages, and its companion final award in ethiopias damages claims, the eritreaethiopia claims commission largely completes its work. At the time of issuing to the demarcation team its first set of demarcation instructions, the commission considers it opportune to offer the. Complications on resolving the ethiopiaeritrea conflict deepened even further when the other commission, the claims commission, found eritrea liable for overreacting to a minor border incident on 6 th may 1998. Eritreaethiopia claims commission partial award office of legal. For more detailed commentary on the work of the commission, see christine gray, the eritrea ethiopia claims commission oversteps its boundaries. Rules applicable to all proceedings section i introductory rules scope of application article 1 1. It is responsible for facilitating the implementation of new investment projects, providing after care services for new and existing investments, as well as organizing investment promotion activities both locally and internationally. Infrastructure the lack of infrastructure in ethiopia is also a significant contributor to rural poverty. Further exported goods are subjected to preshipment mandatory inspections. Eritrea ethiopia boundery commission eebc decisions. Consequently, this claim was heard in the commissions april 1115, 2005 hearings on liability. Eritreaethiopia claims commission partial award civilians claims ethiopias claim 5 between the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and the state of eritrea by the claims commission, composed of.
Icj case ethiopia v eritrea by teimun newsletter issuu. The delegations visiting ethiopia and eritrea aimed to interview victims of human rights violations in as neutral and private a situation as possible and also to receive the views of relevant government officials, members of international organizations and local ngos. For more detailed commentary on the work of the commission, see christine gray, the eritreaethiopia claims commission oversteps its boundaries. The eritreaethiopia claims commission oversteps its. More time for fieldwork would also have allowed me to combine a. Partial award prisoners of war ethiopias claim 4 between the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and the state of eritrea by the claims commission, composed of. Eritreaethiopia claims commission awards final damages. Partial award prisoners of war ethiopia s claim 4 between the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and the state of eritrea by the claims commission, composed of. Progress report of the secretarygeneral on ethiopia and eritrea. The commissions mandate temporal scope of jurisdiction under article 51 of the agreement of december 12, 2000 the agreement, the commission has jurisdiction over all claims for loss, damage or. Decision of the eritrea ethiopia boundery commission on the border between eritrea and ethiopia. Displacement of civilians during armed conflict in the. The commission has decided that claims may be filed in the following six categories. The mandate of the commission is to decide through binding arbitration all claims for loss, damage or injury by one government against the other, and by nationals including both.
Decision of the eritreaethiopia boundary commission eebc regarding the delimitation of the border between the state of eritrea and the federal democratic of ethiopia posted by woder abebe we use cookies on our website and mobile app to improve content display and overall user experience. On august 17, 2009, the eritreaethiopia claims commission issued its final awards on the claims of the two sides for injury and loss suffered during their 19982000 conflict. Category 1 claims of natural persons for unlawful expulsion from the country of their. Pursuant to article 5, paragraph 7, of the agreement between the government of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and the government of the state of eritrea. New strict merger control regime for eastern and southern. According to the ap, both sides will accept the awards, but neither is apparently thrilled with the final. Rarely have instruments created for resolving the same conflict handed down such contradictory verdicts. Christine gray abstract the recent decision by the eritreaethiopia claims commission on the ius ad bellum claims of ethiopia that eritrea had violated the law on the use of force in starting the 1998 2000 war between the two states is a troubling one.
This is the 16th report of the eritreaethiopia boundary commission, covering the period from 15 december 2004 to 28 february 2005. Asil insight september 4, 2009 eritreaethiopia claims. The fifth section looks into joint venture control. The eritreaethiopia peace process remains stalled a decade after the arbitral award by. Delegation of the european union to ethiopia european. Eritreaethiopia boundary commission decision regarding. The commission s mandate temporal scope of jurisdiction under article 51 of the agreement of december 12, 2000 the agreement, the commission has jurisdiction over all claims for loss, damage or injury by one government against the other.
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