The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials

Transitional Justice Challenged
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84701-320-0
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 176 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 216 g

Reihe: African Issues

This collection analyses the approach taken by the current government of Ethiopia to deal with the massive human rights violations that took place from 1974 to 1991 under the Derg.

How was an autocratic emperor replaced by a totalitarian dictator?
An unexpected popular upsurge in February 1974 made the ancien regime of Emperor Haile Selassie buckle. The Derg, a group of army officers led by an obscure and ruthless major Mengistu Hailemariam, seized power by military coup in September 1974 and removed the Emperor.
What was the 'red terror'?
The callous executions of members of the old regime initiated a cult of violence. The Derg were united by the shedding of blood. Search and destroy campaigns against militants led on to the full-blown 'red terror' in which thousands of the regime's opponents were brutally murdered in the streets.
In what way was 'transitional justice' administered?
The main officials were found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity by the Ethiopian Federal High Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Some of the minor officialshad already been sentenced to death, whilst President Mugabe has given Mengistu Hailemariam sanctuary in Zimbabwe.

KJETIL TRONVOLL is Professor in Human Rights, Peace and Conflict Studies at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo; CHARLES SCHAEFER is Associate Professor of African History, Valparaiso University; GIRMACHEW ALEMU ANEME is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schaefer, Charles

Alemu Aneme, Girmachew

Tronvoll, Kjetil

Weitere Mitwirkende

Zewde, Bahru

Schaefer, Charles

Van Huyssteen, Elsa

Elsegem, Frode

Alemu Aneme, Girmachew

Tronvoll, Kjetil

Vaughan, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
The Red Terror trials: the context of transitional justice in Ethiopia - Kjetil Tronvoll and Charles Schaefer and Girmachew Alemu Aneme
The history of the Red Terror: contexts & consequences - Bahru Zewde
The rights of the accused: a human rights appraisal - Frode Elsegem and Girmachew Alemu Aneme
The role of the Special Prosecutor's Office - Sarah Vaughan
The Red Terror trials versus traditions of restorative justice in Ethiopia - Charles Schaefer
A quest for justice or the construction of political legitimacy?: The political anatomy of the Red Terror trials - Kjetil Tronvoll
Building state & nation: justice, reconciliation & democratization in Ethiopia & South Africa - Elsa Van Huyssteen
Beyond the Red Terror trials: analysing guarantees of non-repetition - Girmachew Alemu Aneme
Concluding the main Red Terror trial: Special Prosecutor v. Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam et al. - Kjetil Tronvoll
Concluding the main Red Terror trial: Special Prosecutor v. Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam et al. - Charles Schaefer
Concluding the main Red Terror trial: Special Prosecutor v. Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam et al. - Girmachew Alemu Aneme

Über Autor(innen)

Schaefer, Charles
Chuck Schaefer is Professor of History & International Studies at Valparaiso University. He taught at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia from 1992 through 1994 as a Fulbright Lecturer. His books include co-editing The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials: Transitional Justice Challenged (2009).

Tronvoll, Kjetil
KJETIL TRONVOLL is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bjørknes University College, Director of Oslo Analytica policy research and advisory company, and a former Professor of Human Rights at the University of Oslo. His books include, with Daniel R. Mekonnen, The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea (2017).

Schaefer, Charles
Chuck Schaefer is Professor of History & International Studies at Valparaiso University. He taught at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia from 1992 through 1994 as a Fulbright Lecturer. His books include co-editing The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials: Transitional Justice Challenged (2009).

Zewde, Bahru
Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University and founding Fellow and Vice President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. He has authored many books and articles, notably A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1974, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century and The Quest for Socialist Utopia, finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize, 2015.

Alemu Aneme, Girmachew
GIRMACHEW ALEMU ANEME is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.

Alemu Aneme, Girmachew
GIRMACHEW ALEMU ANEME is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.

Tronvoll, Kjetil
KJETIL TRONVOLL is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bjørknes University College, Director of Oslo Analytica policy research and advisory company, and a former Professor of Human Rights at the University of Oslo. His books include, with Daniel R. Mekonnen, The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea (2017).