Dr. Destaw A. Yigzaw

Areas of Research

 

Education

LL.D., Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Japan (2012).

LL.M., International Business and Economic Law (2009).

             Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Japan.                             

LL.M., Comparative Constitutional Law (2006).

             Central European University, Hungary (fully accredited by the State of New York)

LL.B. (Hons, 2001), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (2001).

Experience Summary

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

  • Asst Professor in Law, Modern College of Business and Science, Oman (Since Sep 2019). Teaching Duties include:

Postgraduate: Information Technology Law, Advanced Intellectual Property Law, Corporate Law, and International Business Law

Undergraduate: Legal Theory, Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct, WTO Law, Banking Law and Practice, Intellectual Property Law, and Company Law.

Other responsibilities include: academic advising, thesis supervision (both graduate and undergraduate), and related duties

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTS

  • Asst Professor in Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (Sep 2018-Aug 2019)

Taught graduate courses on International Dispute Settlement, Philosophy and Politics of Human Rights, and the Law of Treaties.

Supervised dissertations (both undergraduate and graduate).

Served as the Chair of the Public International Law Unit & the Coordinator for Evening Law Programs.

  •  Lecturer in Law, RMIT International University Vietnam (Feb 2015-March 2018)

Taught Commercial Law, Investment Law and the Law of Financial Markets.

Played active role in curriculum and online content development.

  • O’Brien Fellow in Residence, McGill University, Canada (Sep 2014-Feb 2015).
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Duquesne University, U.S.A. (Jan 2014-Sept 2014).

Designed and taught graduate course on Human Rights and Social Justice.

  • Department Head (Monitoring and Research), Ethiopian Human Rights Council (Oct 2006-Oct 2008).

Directed the human rights monitoring, research and advocacy programs.

  • Lecturer in Law, Unity University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Lecturer (Jul- Oct 2006); Assistant Lecturer (Feb 2005-Jul 2006); Graduate Assistant (Feb 2003- Feb 2005).

Designed and taught courses, including on the law of public finance, business law, law of contracts, law of banking and insurance, constitutional law, and jurisprudence; wrote course books on each of the above subjects.

  • Legal Officer, Dashen Bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Oct 2001-Mar 2003).

Advised the bank on legal matters and represented the same in legal matters before courts of law.

  • Law Clerk, Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia (Summers 1999; 2000).

Selected Publications

  • The Geopolitics of Group Referrals to the International Criminal Law, Comparative and International Law Journal of South Africa (2024- forthcoming)
  • The International Criminal Court in a World Retreating from International Law 50(1) Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce (16 February 2023).
  • The Case for Removing the Security Council’s Powers from the International Criminal Court, 22 International Criminal Law Review (26 October 2022).
  • On the Obituary of the Doha Round: A Path for Reinventing the WTO’s Future 22 (1) Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 31-63 (2021).