2024 Speakers

Keynote Speakers

H.E. Gedion Timothewos Hessebon (PhD)

Minister of Justice

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

H.E. Gedion Timothewos Hessebon (PhD) is the Minister of Justice of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Prior to joining the current administration, he has been a faculty member at the Addis Ababa University School of Law. He has studied Law at the Addis Ababa University and at the Central European University.

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