Mänskliga rättigheter i postkonfliktuella samhällen
en studie av Etiopiens och Eritreas efterlevnad av grundläggande rättigheter sedan 2001
KonflikterMänskliga rättigheterEtiopienEritreaHuman rightsPeace and conflict researchPolemologyFreds- och konfliktforskningLaw and Political Science
This essay is aimed at exploring how governments inclination to adhere to international human rights law develops in the wake of interstate conflicts. It examines how human rights in Eritrea and Ethiopia has developed after the war in 1998-2000 by examining the historical background to the war, and reviewing country reports from United States State Department and Amnesty International between 2001-2005.The result of the paper shows that Eritrea's adherence to human rights suffered setbacks, and that some of these happened due to the aftermath of the war. Ethiopia also had some lesser setback primarily due to internal turmoil. The essay concludes that states adherence to human rights in postconflict situations depend on if the war severely weakened the state, in which case the state becomes more repressive in order to cling to power.