Ethiopian Parliament today approves the appointment of former advisor of Amnesty International Daniel Bekele, to serve as Commissioner of Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Daniel has served in different organization including as Executive Director of the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch and advisor at Amnesty International. Daniel who holds Master’s Degree in International Law and legal Studies from Oxford university, has also been working as independent consultant. Today the Parliament selected Daniel Bekele to lead the state agency – Ethiopia’s Human Rights Commission – after considering 73 male and 15 female candidates for the position. Daniel is replacing the pervious commissioner, Addisu Gebregziabhair, who was appointed to serve as Ethiopian ambassador to Zimbabwe.

Source: News Business Ethiopia July 02, 2019 19:18 UTC