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Professor Zeray Yihdego

Professor Zeray Yihdego
Professor Zeray Yihdego
Professor Zeray Yihdego

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Email Address
zeray.yihdego@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272438
School/Department
School of Law

Biography

Professor Yihdego has joined Aberdeen Law School in January 2013. He studied for an LLM. and a PhD. at Cambridge and Durham Universities respectively. He also earned an LLB (Distinction) from Ethiopia. He is widely published in international watercourses, arms trade, humanitarian, peace and security and African Union laws.  He held a Visiting Research Fellow position with the Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford and a Senior Visiting Member at Linacre College, University of Oxford. He also held visiting professorial positions with Halle University, Germany and the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), India. Prof Yihdego collaborates with hydrologists, economists, political scientists and others. He has been involved in funded (and unfunded) interdisciplinary projects, including in the 5.5 million Euro Horizon 2020 multidisciplinary research project concerning the governance of the Zambezi and Omo-Turkana river basins (details here  ), and in the £583, 349 UK&RI funded Horn of Africa governance project. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law (EtYIL, Springer), member of the World Bank’s  Water Law Working Group (WL-WG) and served as a member of the UN Expert Group on the Firearms Protocol which supplements the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime 2000 for over a decade. Prof Yihdego is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, a Tutor at Durham University and a Part-time Lecturer in Ethiopia.

 

 

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (ACCPIL), member and (founding) former co-director
  • School of Law Operational Executive, Member
  • School Internationalisation Committe, Member
External Memberships
  • Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law (EtYIL, Springer)
  • World Bank Water Law Group, member
  • International Water Resources Association (IWRA), member
  • Funding and publication reviewer for multiple agencies and journals and publishers, including Oxford University Press
  • Community Link Childcare, Aberdeen Charity, Trustee
  • External Examiner, Oxford Brookes University
  • United Nations Expert Group on the Firearms Protocol which supplements the UN Convention against Transnational ORganised Crime 2000, former member and consultant
Research

Research Overview

Dr Yihdego is interested in supervising research students in general international law, international humanitarian law, arms control law, peace and security law, African Union law and international watercourses law.

 

Publications

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  • Does Fairness Matter in International Law: On Shared International Watercourses and the Nile Basin

    Yihdego, Z.
    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham. 370 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin 10 years on: are we any further forward?

    Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A., Cascao, A.
    Water International, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 475-488
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Governing the Nile Equitably and Sustainably: a comparative analysis based on principles of international water law

    Yihdego, Z., Stubenberg, R.
    Oxford Handbook of International Law in the Arab World. Skouteris, T., Sayed, H. (eds.). Oxford University Press; Oxford, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The UN Arms Trade Treaty:: A breakthrough or with some birth defects?

    Yihdego, Z.
    Research Handbook on International Arms Control Law. Myjer, E., Marauhn, T. (eds.). Edward Elgar publisher, pp. 378-407, 29 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Sustainable WEF Nexus Management: A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Models of Social, Economic, Policy, and Institutional Developments

    Akinsete, E., Koundouri, P., Kartala, X., Englezos, N., Lautze, J., Yihdego, Z., Gibson, J., Scholz, G., van Bers, C., Sodoge, J.
    Frontiers in Water, vol. 4, 727772
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Regional Organisations in the Horn of Africa: From State-Centred to People-Centred Integration?

    Yihdego, Z., Verhoeven, H.
    Contemporary Governance Challenges in the Horn of Africa. Fombad, C., Fiseha, A., Steytler, N. (eds.). 1st edition. Routledge, 31 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Pathways to enhanced cooperation

    Gibson, J., Yihdego, Z.
    The Omo-Turkana Basin: Cooperation for Sustainable Water Management. Lautze, J., McCartney, M., Gibson, J. (eds.). 1st edition, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law: Towards Diversifying and Democratizing Voices in the Making and Development of International Law.

    Yihdego, Z., Desta, M., Belete, M.
    Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2019. Spijkers, O., Werner, W., Wessel, R. (eds.). T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 121-130, 9 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Implementing International Watercourses Law Through the WEF NEXUS and SDGS: An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambezi River Basin

    Yihdego, Z., Gibson, J.
    International Water Law , vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 3-90
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • In pursuit of Nile justice: Six recommendations to help guide Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan towards a long-awaited agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • International Law Connotations of US-‘mediated’ Blue Nile Dam Negotiations and Outcomes: Background

    Yihdego, Z.
    Global Water Forum. 6 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE] Part II
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Commentary: Trilateral Negotiations Over a Dam on the Blue Nile: US Meddling and the ‘Role’ of the UN Security Council

    Yihdego, Z.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2019. YIhdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Hailu, M. B. (eds.). 2019 edition. Springer, pp. 239-305, 66 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: A New Relationship Based upon Treaty Obligations, International Law and Mutual Trust

    Picard, D., Yihdego, Z.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law. Springer, pp. 81-115, 35 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2019: Towards a Global Order based on Principles of Fairness, Solidarity, and Humanity

    Yihdego, Z. (ed.), Desta, M. G. (ed.), Belete Hailu, M. (ed.)
    Vol. 4, Springer, Cham. 305 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Towards a Global Order Based on Principles of Fairness, Solidarity, and Humanity

    Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Belete Hailu, M.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2019. Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Hailu, M. B. (eds.). Springer, pp. 3-7, 4 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2018: In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity

    Yihdego, Z. (ed.), Desta, M. G., Belete Hailu, M.
    Springer, Switherland. 286 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Identification of Water Governance Structures in the Omo-Turkana Basin: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Perspective

    Yihdego, Z., Hawkins, S.
    Commissioned by European Commission. European Commission. 60 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Disputed Territories and the Law on the Use of Force: Lessons from the Eritrea-Ethiopia Case

    Yiallourides, C., Yihdego, Z.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2018: In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity. Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Hailu, M. B. (eds.). Springer, pp. 35-61, 27 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • In pursuit of peace and prosperity through international law

    Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Hailu, M. B.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law. Springer, pp. 3-8, 6 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Law and Policy of Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection in Ethiopia: An Appraisal of Theories, Practices and Challenges

    Belete Hailu, M., Yihdego, Z.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2017. Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Hailu, M. B., Merso, F. (eds.). Springer, pp. 13-47, 35 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Cooperative Governance over the Zambezi River Basin: key findings from a legal review

    Yihdego, Z., Hawkins, S.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2017

    Yihdego, Z. (ed.), Desta, M. (ed.), Merso, F. (ed.), Belete, M. (ed.)
    Vol. 2, Springer, Cham, Switherland. 238 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE]

  • Towards Resolving Our Development, Integration and Security Challenges Through International Law

    Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Merso, F., Belete Hailu, M.
    Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2017. Yihdego, Z., Desta, M. G., Hailu, M. B., Merso, F. (eds.). Springer, pp. 3-9, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • The Grand Ethiopian renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin: Implications for Tranboundary Water Cooperation

    Yihdego, Z. (ed.), Rieu-Clarke, A. (ed.), Cascão, A. E.
    Routledge, London. 242 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Identification of Water Governance Structures in the Zambezi River Basin: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Perspective

    Yihdego, Z., Hawkins, S.
    Commissioned by European Commission. European Commission. 63 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Right process in sharing Nile waters’

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • The fairness dilemma in sharing Nile waters

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Fairness ‘Dilemma’ in Sharing the Nile Waters: What Lessons from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for International Law?

    Yihdego, Z.
    International Water Law , vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1-80
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Webinar: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - A Catalyst for Cooperation on the Nile

    Yihdego, Z.
    Webinar-IWRA
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Special Issues
    • [ONLINE]

  • A Multi-disciplinary Analysis of the Risks and Opportunities of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Wider Cooperation in the Nile

    Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A., Cascao, A.
    The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin: Implications for Transboundary Cooperation. Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A., Cascão, A. E. (eds.). Earthscan, pp. 1-14, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2016

    Yihdego, Z. (ed.), Desta, M. (ed.), Merso, F. (ed.)
    Vol. 2016, Springer. 355 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2016

    Yihdego, z. (ed.), Desta, M. G. (ed.), Merso, F. (ed.)
    Springer. 238 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): A Catalyst for Cooperation on the Nile

    Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A.
    Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (Online). 1 page.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Legal, Political and Scientific Challenges

    Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A., Cascão, A. E.
    Water International, vol. 41
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Special Issues
    • [ONLINE]

  • An Exploration of Fairness in International Law through the Blue Nile and GERD

    Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A.
    Water International, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 528-549
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • How has the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam changed the legal, political, economic and scientific dynamics in the Nile Basin?: Editors’ Introduction

    Yihdego, Z., Rieu-Clarke, A., Cascão, A. E.
    Water International, vol. 41, no. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • The Firearms Protocol and the Arms Trade Treaty: Divergence or Complementarity?

    Yihdego, Z., UNODC
    Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 18 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Islamic ‘State’ Challenge: Defining the Actor

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Art 23: Provisional Application

    Yihdego, Z.
    Weapons and International Law: The Arms Trade Treaty. da Silva, C., Wood, B. (eds.). Bruylant-Larcier, pp. 372-375, 3 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE]

  • Accountability of armament inventors and manufacturers in International Law: the confession of Mikhail Kalashnikov

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Arms Trade Treaty and Human Security: What Role for Non-State-Actors?

    Yihdego, Z.
    Human Security and International Law: The Challenge of Non-State-Actors. Ryngaert, C., Noortmann, M. (eds.), pp. 135-173, 38 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE]

  • The ‘Massacre’ in Egypt: Implications for International Human Rights Law and Arms Control Law

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • Democracy, Peoples’ Uprising and Unconstitutional Change of Government in Egypt: The African Union Principles and Responses

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Blue Nile Dam Controversy in the Eyes of international law

    Yihdego, Z.
    Global Water Forum: Discussion Paper. White, C. (ed.). Global Water Forum, pp. 1-14, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Legality of Arming Opposition Groups and the Arms Trade Treaty: Implications for Syria like cases

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • Is Egypt's Stance on the Blue Nile Dam Legally Justified?

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • The forthcoming UN Arms Trade Treaty Final Conference: positive but unpredictable

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • The UN Arms Trade Treaty Conference: a Disappointing but Worthwhile Exercise

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites

  • The UN Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations: A battle between codifying frail and robust legal principles

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites

  • Ethiopia: Foreign Direct Investment Law

    Yihdego, Z.
    The Legal Protection of Foreign Investment: A Comparative Study. Shan, W. (ed.). Hart Publishing, pp. 329-344, 16 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Gaza Mission: Implications for International Humanitarian Law and UN Fact-finding

    Yihdego, Z.
    Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-59
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The African Union: Founding Principles, Frameworks and Prospects

    Yihdego, Z.
    European Law Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 568-594
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Submission to the Inquiry on the UK’s Legal Justification for the Iraq War and Lord Goldsmith’s Legal Advice

    Yihdego, Z., Akande, D., Milanovic,
    12 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
    • [ONLINE]

  • Somalia at the Crossroads: Options for the World Community

    Yihdego, Z.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
    • [ONLINE]

  • Somalia at the crossroads: options for the world community

    Yihdego, Z.
    Jurist
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Somalia at the crossroads: options for the world community

    Yihdego, Z.
    Jurist
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • The EU's role in restraining the unrestrained trade in conventional weapons

    Yihdego, Z.
    German Law Journal , vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 281-303
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Book Review, Konig, Stoll, Roben & Luck edn. International Law Today: New Challenges and the Need for Reform? ((Springer: Berlin, 2008)

    Yihdego, Z.
    Global Law Books
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

  • Darfur and humanitarian law: the protection of civilians and civilian objects

    Yihdego, Z.
    Journal of Conflict and Security Law, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 37-69
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Arms Sales and Parliamentary Accountability: the Role of the Quadripartite Committee

    Yihdego, Z.
    Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 661-680
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Arms trade and public controls: the right to information perspective

    Yihdego, Z.
    Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 379-394
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The UK arms export regime: progress and challenges

    Yihdego, Z., Savage, A.
    Public Law, vol. 2008, no. 3, pp. 546-565
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Role of Security Council Arms Embargoes in Stemming Destabilizing Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW): Recent Developments and Challenges

    Yihdego, Z. W.
    Netherlands International Law Review, vol. 54 , no. 1, pp. 115-132
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Ethiopia's Military Action Against the Union of Islamic Courts and Others in Somalia: Some Legal Implications

    Yihdego, Z. W.
    International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 666-676
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Arms Trade and International Law

    Yihdego, Z.
    Vol. 15, Hart, Oxford, Oxford. 357 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE]

  • Irresponsible Arms Transfers and Humanitarian Norms: The Principles of Humanity and Public Conscience Perspective

    Yihdego, Z.
    Journal of Human Security, vol. 2, no. 3
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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