Dr Solomon Ayele Dersso is a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, Addis Ababa and Adjunct Professor of Human Rights, College of Governance, Addis Ababa University. Formerly a research fellow at the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, International and Human Rights Law (SAIFAC), Dr Dersso completed his PhD degree from the School of Law University of Witwatersrand in 2009. His research interests include the African Union system and international law and Africa.