Dejen Messele
@MesseleDejen
About/Bio
Dejen Messele is a Doctoral Candidate at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies, the Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University. Messele studied Public International Law (at Addis Ababa University). He researches on past and current Ethiopian Uses of (public) international law.
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A Sympathy Borne out of Legal Identity? (Re)Viewing Ethiopia’s Move to Recognize Somaliland’s Statehood from a Different Angle
March 18, 2024
Dejen Messele
Introduction In the process of understanding the undeclared drivers behind Ethiopia’s move towards recognition of Somaliland’s statehood, this blog post sheds light on how changes in legal identities guide the decision-making process of States in international law. It specifically examines the potential links between Ethiopia’s shifting position on the principle of territorial integrity and its…
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A Sympathy Borne out of Legal Identity? (Re)Viewing Ethiopia’s Move to Recognize Somaliland’s Statehood from a Different Angle
March 18, 2024
Dejen Messele
Introduction In the process of understanding the undeclared drivers behind Ethiopia’s move towards recognition of Somaliland’s statehood, this blog post sheds light on how changes in legal identities guide the decision-making process of States in international law. It specifically examines the potential links between Ethiopia’s shifting position on the principle of territorial integrity and its…