Symposium on

Revisiting the Ethio-Eritrean Relations:

From Separation to Conflict and Beyond

Saturday 1 June 2019

08h30 Registration of Participants

09h00 Welcome Remarks

Dr Solomon Nigussie, Dean, College of Law & Governance Studies

09h10 The Vagaries of Interdependence: The Economic Interpretation of the Ethio-

Eritrean Conflict and Prospects for Peace
(Dr Andargachew Tilahun, Mekele University)

09h30 Settlement of Boundary Dispute (EEBC): Issues and Lessons

(Dr.Dereje Zeleke, Associate Prof., AAU School of Law)

09h50 Ethio-Eritrea Claims for 'Loss, Damage or Injury' and the Claims' Commission:
Lessons for Future Bilateral Relations
(Dr Wondmagegn Tadesse, AAU-CHR, Chair)

10h10 Tea Break

10h30 Ethiopia’s Policy towards Eritrea: The Promises and Pitfalls of

Rapprochement
(Ato Amanuel Tesfaye, AAU, Department of PSIR)

10h50 Questions and Discussions

Moderator: Dr Mehari Redae

12h30 Lunch Break

13h30 The Ethio-Eritrean Rapprochement and Implications on Eritrean ‘Refugees’ in

Ethiopia: Politico-Legal Analysis
(Dr.Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik – AAU-CHR; Ato Mihretab Gebregergis &
Ato Mulu Beyene, Mekele University School of Law)
 Symposium on
Revisiting the Ethio-Eritrean Relations:
From Separation to Conflict and Beyond

13h50 Mending Ethio-Eritrean Trade Relations: The why and the how
(Martha Belete, Assistant Prof of Law, AAU School of Law)

14h10 Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Mehari Redae
15h20 Closing
Dr Solomon Negussie, Dean, CLGS