{"product_id":"prosecution-of-politicide-in-ethiopia-marshet-tadesse-tessema-9789462652545","title":"Prosecution of Politicide in Ethiopia: The Red Terror Trials","description":"This book investigates the road map or the transitional justice mechanisms that theEthiopian government chose to confront the gross human rights violations perpetratedunder the 17 years' rule of the Derg, the dictatorial regime that controlled state powerfrom 1974 to 1991. Furthermore, the author extensively examines the prosecution ofpoliticide or genocide against political groups in Ethiopia.\u003cbr\u003eDealing with the violent conflict, massacres, repressions and other mass atrocities ofthe past is necessary, not for its own sake, but to clear the way for a new beginning.In other words, ignoring gross human rights violations and attempting to close thechapter on an oppressive dictatorial past by choosing to let bygones be bygones, is nolonger a viable option when starting on the road to a democratic future. For unaddressedatrocities and a sense of injustice would not only continue to haunt a nation butcould also ignite similar conflicts in the future.\u003cbr\u003eSo the question is what choices are available to the newly installed government whenconfronting the evils of the past. There are a wide array of transitional mechanismsto choose from, but there is no \"one size fits all\" mechanism. Of all the transitionaljustice mechanisms, namely truth commissions, lustration, amnesty, prosecution, and reparation, the Ethiopian government chose prosecution as the main means fordealing with the horrendous crimes committed by the \u003ci\u003eDerg\u003c\/i\u003e regime.\u003cbr\u003eOne of the formidable challenges for transitioning states in dealing with the crimes offormer regimes is an inadequate legal framework by which to criminalize and punishegregious human rights violations. With the aim of examining whether or not Ethiopiahas confronted this challenge, the book assesses Ethiopia's legal framework regardingboth crimes under international law and individual criminal responsibility.\u003cbr\u003eThis book will be of great relevance to academics and practitioners in the areas ofgenocide studies, international criminal law and transitional justice. Students in thefields of international criminal law, transitional justice and human rights will alsofind relevant information on the national prosecution of politicide in particular andthe question of confronting the past in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarshet Tadesse Tessema\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of the Law School, College of Law andGovernance at Jimma University in Ethiopia, and Postdoctoral Fellow of the SouthAfrican-German Centre, University of the Western Cape in South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marshet Tadesse Tessema\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9462652546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789462652545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T.M.C. Asser Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Marshet Tadesse Tessema","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066452947199,"sku":"9789462652545","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19b405a1-8fc2-420f-bc10-f4055d0f4555.jpg?v=1768678526","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prosecution-of-politicide-in-ethiopia-marshet-tadesse-tessema-9789462652545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}