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The Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law (EtYIL), like many others in the field, is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly works of the highest standard in the field of international law broadly defined. However, unlike most journals, EtYIL is dedicated to those issues of international law that are of particular interest to the African continent in general and Ethiopia and the Horn in particular. EtYIL’s point of departure is the fact that these countries do not just lack adequate representation at the table where international law is made and interpreted; their ability to contribute to the evolution of international law is also severely constrained owing, in part, to their absence from the scholarly debate in the field. A key mission of EtYIL is therefore to provide a platform for purpose-oriented scholarly analysis and debate on issues of particular significance for these countries so as to enhance their capacity to contribute to this evolution. More generally, the Yearbook aims to contribute towards the long-term goal of rebalancing the narrative of international law in a manner that better reflects the diversity of its actors and subjects.
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Quoted in Stern (1936), pp. 199–200.
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Anghie (1999), p. 4.
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See e.g. UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change Report: “A More Secure World, Our Shared Responsibility”, December 2, 2004 http://www.un.org/en/peacebuilding/pdf/historical/hlp_more_secure_world.pdf. Trindade (2013).
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Barcelona Traction case, ICJ Repts 1970.
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See also AfDB (2012).
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Yihdego, Z., Desta, M.G., Merso, F. (2017). Towards Rebalancing the Narrative of International Law. In: Yihdego, Z., Desta, M., Merso, F. (eds) Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2016. Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law, vol 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55898-1_1
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