Girmachew A. Aneme

Passionate Associate Professor with over 15 years of experience in university teaching, administering education, and thesis advise and supervision both autonomously and in collaboration with department faculty and leaders. Building foundations for next generation of academics and workforce pioneers.

• Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School, September 2017-June 2018
• Kistefos Africa Public Service Fellowship - Harvard Kennedy School of Government, June 2016-May 2017
• Hubert Humphrey Fulbright Fellowship - United States Department of State, August 2012-June 2013
• Norwegian Government Scholarship for PhD studies - January 2004-December 2008
• British Council Stipend, Visiting Researcher at Oxford University, June -October 2003

• Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, 08/2021, 03/2023, Academic administration of graduate programs
• Head, Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, 01/2010, 12/2012, Managed the Center's academic and community outreach programs
• Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Addis Ababa University School of Law, Addis Ababa, 01/2003, 12/2003, Supported the Dean of the School of Law in academic administration of undergraduate programs

• The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials: Transitional Justice Challenged (Co-Editor, James Currey, United Kingdom, March 2009)
• A Study of the African Union’s Right of Intervention against Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and War Crimes (Wolf Legal Publishers, The Netherlands, March 2011)
• Handbook on the Rights of the Child in Ethiopia (Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University September 2012) Co-Author
• Essays on Environmental Rights, Ethiopian Human Rights Law Series, Volume 4, (Addis Ababa University Press, July 2012) Editor
• Ethiopian Human Rights Handbook (Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University January 2013) Co-Author
• Several articles in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to law and human rights

Short Term Professional Training

1. Certificate of Competency for Teaching in Higher Education Institutions, Addis Ababa University, February 2016 ( Diploma)

2. Edward S. Mason Program in Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, June 2016-May 2017 (graduate certificate)

3.‘How to Communicate with Diplomacy, Tact and Credibility', American Management Association, April 11-12, 2013, Chicago, USA (certificate).

4. ‘Basic Mediation Skills', Conflict Resolution Centre, February 13-18, 2013 Minneapolis, USA (certificate).

5. ‘Leadership Foundations', Corporate Institute, University of Minnesota Law School, January 16-18, 2013, Minneapolis, USA (certificate).

6. ‘International Humanitarian Law and Current Conflicts: New Challenges and Dilemmas' Advanced Course, Harvard University, July 16-20, 2007, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (certificate).

7. ‘Collective Rights', Nordic Conferences on Human Rights, June 5-10, 2005, Summer Island, Norway (certificate).

8. ‘Human Rights and the Exceptional', Lund University,May 31-June 5, 2004, Lund, Sweden (certificate).

9. ‘Truth, Reconciliation and Justice in Democratizing Countries', Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies, University of Oslo, August 2-6, 2004, Oslo, Norway (certificate).

10.‘Social Science Research Methodology', Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, October 7-18, 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (certificate).