The year 2016 has been declared the African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women. It continues to be an issue for the continent in the coming fifty years. One of the aspirations for Agenda 2063 is to see an Africa of good governance, democracy, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law. Africa shall have a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law.
In only two decades, Ethiopia has come a long way in deepening institutionalized advocacy on human rights. The current pronunciation of Human Rights in the continent would help Ethiopia to adopt thoughts and interventions in the years to come. It is a short pass since the concepts of democracy, human rights, and democratic institutions become an emerging discourse in Ethiopia. The sophisticated nature of the concepts and zero experience of the country has led Ethiopia to go through the hard way to popularize them. Because of the undemocratic nature of the previous regimes, the people of Ethiopia had been denied to nurture democratic values and exercise their fundamental rights.
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