Christophe Van Der Beken
Biographic Data
| ID | 1588909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christophe Van Der Beken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christophe |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Beken |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER BEKEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The dynamics underlying (in)stability in the Ethiopian federal arrangement
The Ethiopian federal arrangement, widely known as ‘ethnic federalism’, was introduced in the mid-1990s as a mechanism for managing the country’s pronounced ethnic diversity, with the premise that such an institutional framework would foster national unity and stability. While formal institutional features contribute to the accommodationist potential of federal systems, this article argues that Ethiopia’s federal (in)stability has been shaped mor…
Understanding the Concept of ‘Ethnic Minorities’ in Ethiopia
In the past decades, ethnic relations in federal Ethiopia have become increasingly acrimonious. This situation is both a catalyst for and a consequence of multiple conflicts caused by or resulting in serious human rights violations, often disproportionately affecting persons belonging to non‐dominant or minority ethnic groups. This observation calls for more comprehensive protection of minority rights in Ethiopia. Yet, effective protection of min…
External and Internal Secession in Ethiopia’s Multinational Federation
The ethno-territorial nature of Ethiopian federalism finds its constitutional foundation in Article 39 of the Constitution. Article 39 grants a right to self-determination to all of Ethiopia’s ‘nations’, ‘nationalities’ and ‘peoples’. The right to self-determination as conceived by Article 39 is comprehensive and has both so-called internal (such as the right to territorial autonomy) and external dimensions (the right to secession). This article …
Human Rights and Development
The papers by international and Ethiopian scholars included in Human Rights and Development: Legal Perspectives from and for Ethiopia focus on the interconnectedness between the protection of human rights and the achievement of development. The book adds to the international debate by providing a unique insight into the Ethiopian perspective on the nexus between rights and development and by discussing how this nexus manifests itself in the Ethio…
Federalism, Local Government and Minority Protection in Ethiopia
Federalism is increasingly promoted and utilized in multi-ethnic countries as a means to guarantee minority rights and safeguard the harmony and integrity of the polity and state. Yet, due to the unfeasibility of achieving a perfect overlap between ethnic and territorial boundaries, every ethnic-based territory will contain ethnic minority groups. This is also the case in the Ethiopian Federation where all nine regions are ethnically heterogeneou…
Federalism in a Context of Extreme Ethnic Pluralism
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 3 - 17
Ethnic diversity and federalism. Constitution making in South Africa and Ethiopia Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha Ashgate Farnham, Surrey and Burlington VT, 2012
Almost all countries in the world have ethnically diverse populations. However many of them have been -and are still -apprehensive about recognizing this societal feature in their constitutions and state institutions. This has been a fortiori the case for most African countries, whose leaders fear that the constitutional recognition and institutional accommodation of ethnic diversity will lead to societal disintegration and the ultimate collapse …
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: From a Centralised Monarchy to a Federal Republic Although the Ethiopian state traces its roots back to the empire of Axum in the first centuries AD, the modern Ethiopian state took shape in the second half of the 19 th century. During that period the territory of the Ethiopian empire expanded considerably. Several ethnic groups were incorporated into the empire and the foundations for a strong, centralised state were laid Centralisatio…
Ethiopia
It is argued that in order to evaluate the capacity of the Ethiopian federal structure to accommodate ethnic diversity and to regulate ethnic conflicts, the research cannot be limited to an analysis of the constitutional mechanisms at the federal level. One of the crucial features of the Ethiopian federal structure is that it provides its nine regions with the power to enact their internal constitutions. This implies that each and every region ha…
Dirk Beke and Ethiopia
onafgewerkt achterliet
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Constitutional Protection of Ethnic Minorities at the Regional Level It is argued that in order to evaluate the capacity of the Ethiopian federal structure to accommodate ethnic diversity and to regulate ethnic conflicts, the research cannot be limited to an analysis of the constitutional mechanisms at the federal level. One of the crucial features of the Ethiopian federal structure is that it provides its nine regions with the power to…
Ethiopia
Although the Ethiopian state traces its roots back to the empire of Axum in the first centuries AD, the modern Ethiopian state took shape in the second half of the 19th century. During that period the territory of the Ethiopian empire expanded considerably. Several ethnic groups were incorporated into the empire and the foundations for a strong, centralised state were laid. Centralisation of authority in the hands of the emperor and a strategy of…
In Memoriam
onafgewerkt achterliet
Federalism in a Context of Extreme Ethnic Pluralism
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 3 - 17
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: From a Centralised Monarchy to a Federal Republic Although the Ethiopian state traces its roots back to the empire of Axum in the first centuries AD, the modern Ethiopian state took shape in the second half of the 19 th century. During that period the territory of the Ethiopian empire expanded considerably. Several ethnic groups were incorporated into the empire and the foundations for a strong, centralised state were laid Centralisatio…
Ethiopia
It is argued that in order to evaluate the capacity of the Ethiopian federal structure to accommodate ethnic diversity and to regulate ethnic conflicts, the research cannot be limited to an analysis of the constitutional mechanisms at the federal level. One of the crucial features of the Ethiopian federal structure is that it provides its nine regions with the power to enact their internal constitutions. This implies that each and every region ha…
Dirk Beke and Ethiopia
onafgewerkt achterliet
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Constitutional Protection of Ethnic Minorities at the Regional Level It is argued that in order to evaluate the capacity of the Ethiopian federal structure to accommodate ethnic diversity and to regulate ethnic conflicts, the research cannot be limited to an analysis of the constitutional mechanisms at the federal level. One of the crucial features of the Ethiopian federal structure is that it provides its nine regions with the power to…
Ethiopia
Although the Ethiopian state traces its roots back to the empire of Axum in the first centuries AD, the modern Ethiopian state took shape in the second half of the 19th century. During that period the territory of the Ethiopian empire expanded considerably. Several ethnic groups were incorporated into the empire and the foundations for a strong, centralised state were laid. Centralisation of authority in the hands of the emperor and a strategy of…
In Memoriam
onafgewerkt achterliet
Ethnic diversity and federalism. Constitution making in South Africa and Ethiopia Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha Ashgate Farnham, Surrey and Burlington VT, 2012
Almost all countries in the world have ethnically diverse populations. However many of them have been -and are still -apprehensive about recognizing this societal feature in their constitutions and state institutions. This has been a fortiori the case for most African countries, whose leaders fear that the constitutional recognition and institutional accommodation of ethnic diversity will lead to societal disintegration and the ultimate collapse …
Federalism in a Context of Extreme Ethnic Pluralism
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 3 - 17
Human Rights and Development
The papers by international and Ethiopian scholars included in Human Rights and Development: Legal Perspectives from and for Ethiopia focus on the interconnectedness between the protection of human rights and the achievement of development. The book adds to the international debate by providing a unique insight into the Ethiopian perspective on the nexus between rights and development and by discussing how this nexus manifests itself in the Ethio…
Federalism, Local Government and Minority Protection in Ethiopia
Federalism is increasingly promoted and utilized in multi-ethnic countries as a means to guarantee minority rights and safeguard the harmony and integrity of the polity and state. Yet, due to the unfeasibility of achieving a perfect overlap between ethnic and territorial boundaries, every ethnic-based territory will contain ethnic minority groups. This is also the case in the Ethiopian Federation where all nine regions are ethnically heterogeneou…
External and Internal Secession in Ethiopia’s Multinational Federation
The ethno-territorial nature of Ethiopian federalism finds its constitutional foundation in Article 39 of the Constitution. Article 39 grants a right to self-determination to all of Ethiopia’s ‘nations’, ‘nationalities’ and ‘peoples’. The right to self-determination as conceived by Article 39 is comprehensive and has both so-called internal (such as the right to territorial autonomy) and external dimensions (the right to secession). This article …
Understanding the Concept of ‘Ethnic Minorities’ in Ethiopia
In the past decades, ethnic relations in federal Ethiopia have become increasingly acrimonious. This situation is both a catalyst for and a consequence of multiple conflicts caused by or resulting in serious human rights violations, often disproportionately affecting persons belonging to non‐dominant or minority ethnic groups. This observation calls for more comprehensive protection of minority rights in Ethiopia. Yet, effective protection of min…
The dynamics underlying (in)stability in the Ethiopian federal arrangement
The Ethiopian federal arrangement, widely known as ‘ethnic federalism’, was introduced in the mid-1990s as a mechanism for managing the country’s pronounced ethnic diversity, with the premise that such an institutional framework would foster national unity and stability. While formal institutional features contribute to the accommodationist potential of federal systems, this article argues that Ethiopia’s federal (in)stability has been shaped mor…
Political science (11 works) · African history and culture analysis (9 works) · Ethnic group (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Federalism (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Constitution (3 works) · Geography (3 works)