Mr. Chimdessa Fekadu TSEGA

Research Student

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Working toward a PhD in Laws, expected 2024

Email:

chimdessatsega@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Mr. Tsega is a PhD candidate at CUHK LAW with particular interest in issues related to regional integration and intellectual property rights protection focusing on Africa. Before joining CUHK Law, he has worked in research and academia for 10 years.

THESIS TOPIC

Towards a Harmonized Pan-African Patent Framework: Assessing the Desirability and Feasibility of Patent Harmonization for Africa, co-supervised by Professors Bryan MERCURIO and Sandra MARCO COLINO.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AIMS
  • Public International Law
  • International Trade Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Regional Integration Law
  • Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

With my thesis I aim to examine the challenges of legal convergence in the area of intellectual property rights regulation with specific reference to patent rights within the African continental free trade area. Particularly my thesis explores how the continental intellectual property rights regulation framework in Africa should be uniquely designed taking into account the continent-specific characteristics of the region.

Working Papers and Publications
  • The Responsibility of International Organizations for Wrongful Acts in Peacekeeping Operations: The Case for Dual Attribution, Indian Journal of International Law, July 2020.
  • The Nile River as a Potential Progenitor of War or Cooperation: The Case of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS), Vol. 4, No. 4, November 2019.
  • China-Africa Trade and Investment Relations: Development Partnership or New Colonialism?, Economics, Commerce and Trade Management: An International Journal (ECTIJ), Vol. 2 No. 1, October 2019.
  • The Extra-territorial Non Applicability of Economic and Social Rights during Military Occupation of a Foreign Territory, Journal of Legal Studies and Research, Vol. 5, Issue 5, 2019.
  • Transcending Boundaries: Increasing Political Trust and Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa, Olam International Portfolio of Perspectives Series, Singapore, April 2015.
  • Human Rights and Federal Intervention in Ethiopia: Analysis of the Ethiopian Federal Intervention Law, VDM Publishing, Germany, January 2012.
    Papers Delivered
    • The Protection of Intellectual property Rights and Its Impact on Intra-regional Trade in Africa, Panafrican University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon, January 2020.
    • Autonomous Weapons Systems under International Humanitarian Law: Complete Ban v. Regulation, Proceedings of the 14th ICRC Faculty Roundtable on International Humanitarian Law for East African Universities, Addis Ababa, August 2018.
    • Ethiopian Federation and the Representation of Minority Rights, Global Minority Rights Summer School, Budapest, Hungary, July 2014.
      EDUCATION AND AWARDS

      Education

      • Master’s Degree in Public Policy (MPP), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2017.
      • Certificate of Public Service Diplomacy Expert, National University of Public Services of Hungary, Hungary, 2015.
      • Master’s Degree in Law (LLM), Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland, 2014.
      • Bachelor of laws (LLB), Jimma University, Ethiopia, 2008.

        Awards

        • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPFS), 2020.
        • Olam International Scholarship for Change Catalysts in African Markets, 2015.
        • Hungarian Government Good Governance Scholarship, 2014.
        • ROLEX Hans Wilsdorf Scholarship, 2013.
        • Jimma University Faculty Gold Medal, 2008.