The Conversation, December 9, 2020
DID ETHIOPIA'S ATTACK ON TIGRAY VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAWS?
By Eugène Bakama Bope, Professor, Université de Lubumbashi, DNC
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Under international law, the Ethiopian federal government has the right to suppress rebellion, riot or mutiny by parts of the population against the established government."
"The conflict was triggered when forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – the region’s ruling party – attacked a federal military base, killing federal soldiers. This act constitutes an insurgency and the government has legal grounds to suppress it."
"The Tigrayan government also refused federal government orders to postpone the organisation of regional elections because of COVID-19. This constitutes a rebellion, which again gives the government legal grounds for military action."
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