Andebrhan Welde Giorgis

Research

The Eritrea-Ethiopia Territorial Conflict: A Factor of Volatility in Interstate Relations. The research examines the Eritrea-Ethiopia territorial conflict as a factor of volatility in interstate relations in the context of the political, social and strategic importance that nations attach to boundaries and the causal role that boundaries play in interstate conflicts. It reviews the multiple aspects of the dispute within the framework of the discourse of treaty-based international law and international relations. The study (1) scrutinises the deliberations informing the arbitral decision encapsulated in the Dispositif of the Eritrea-Ethiopia arbitral process; (2) interrogates whether the arbitral decision reflects strict adherence to the terms of the arbitral mandate as a legal framework or reveals significant deviations from the terms of the arbitral mandate; and (3) assesses the efficacy of arbitration as a mechanism of conflict resolution in the specific case of the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary conflict. 

Functions in VUB context

PhD Research (Political Science).

(Relevant) Functions outside of the VUB context

I manage an international civil society association (Eri-Platform AISBL) which advocates the promotion of rule of law, human rights and democratic governance in the Horn of Africa, with special focus on Eritrea, and facilitates a forum of inclusive dialogue on important thematic issues among Eritrean prodemocracy activists in the Diaspora via in person and online conferences, seminars, symposiums, etc.