Rooting Life and Death in Ethiopian Law: Suggesting a Holistic Approach to Human Rights Law

Abstract

The article explores the intricate ways in which human rights are woven
into a legal system. In order to fully understand any right, one has to be
aware of the many intricacies that surround it. Especially those
interested in the protection of human rights through legislation ought to
approach the subject with a recognition of the multifaceted nature of
rights and the many, and sometimes controversial, subtopics that
accompany rights. Whereas the article takes up the matter in reference to
Ethiopian law, the discourse on life is very likely to be drawn along the
same topics and fault lines under other legal systems as well.