Solomon Areda

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Solomon, and not as Areda.
Solomon Areda Waktolla
ሰለሞን አረዳ ዋቅቶላ
Judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2023
Vice-President of the Federal Supreme Court
In office
1 November 2018 – 17 January 2023
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byTsegaye Asemamaw
Succeeded byAbeba Embiale
Personal details
BornGarba Guracha, Salale, Ethiopia
SpouseMulualem Girma
ChildrenBlen Solomon
Nahomi Solomon
Keol Solomon
Beka Solomon
EducationHarvard Law School (LLM)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA)
Amsterdam University (LLM)
Addis Ababa University (LLB)

Solomon Areda Waktolla (Amharic: ሰለሞን አረዳ ዋቅቶላ, Oromo: Solomoon Araddaa Waqtolaa) is an Ethiopian lawyer who had served as the Deputy Chief Justice/Vice President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2023.[1] Solomon is a prominent[2] lawyer[3] with 26 years of experience in the practice of law, public administration and policy research who is committed for seeing[4] a free and independent judiciary in Ethiopia.[5] Justice Waktolla served in the Ethiopian Judiciary mainly as a judge for 20 years on different levels of the court in both regional and federal positions.[6] In addition, he has been appointed to the membership of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague, Netherlands for a six-year term to serve as an Arbitrator.[7] Justice Solomon Waktolla was appointed on 15 November 2022 by the UN General Assembly as a Half-time Judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal for a mandate starting on 1 July 2023 and ending on 30 June 2030. In addition, He has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank as a Judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the African Development Bank, effective from November 2023. Justice Waktolla is an accomplished judge and jurist with many years of legal and judicial work experience at both national and international levels.[8]

  1. ^ "Muudamtoonni Mana Murtii Waliigalaa Federaalaa haqa hunda qaqqabsiisuuf ni hojjenna jedhan" (in Oromo). BBC AFAAN OROMOO. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "House elects president, vice president for Supreme Court". Thereporterethiopia.com. The Reporter Ethiopia Media & Communications Center. November 2018.
  3. ^ "News: Another Historic Day as Ethiopia Supreme Court Gets First Female President, and a Prominent Lawyer as Vice President". Addis Standard. Addis Abeba. November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "በፍርድ ቤት ላይ እምነት ማጣት በመንግሥት ላይ እምነት ማጣትን ያስከትላል፡፡ ያለጠንካራ ፍርድ ቤት ስለሀገር ግንባታ ማሰብ አይቻልም" አቶ ሰለሞን አረዳ የፌዴራል ጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቤት ምክትል ፕሬዚደንት". ethiopiaobservatory.com. THE ETHIOPIA OBSERVATORY (TEO).
  5. ^ "የፌደራል ጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቤት ፕሬዚዳንት ወ/ሮ መዓዛ አሸናፊ እና ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንት አቶ ሰለሞን አረዳ ፍትህን ለሁሉም ለማድረስ እንደሚሰሩ ገለፁ" (in Amharic). BBC Amharic. November 2, 2018. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "አቶ ሰለሞን አረዳ የፌዴራል ጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቤት ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት ሆኑ". ena.et. Ethiopian News Agency.
  7. ^ "Members of the Court". Permanent Court of Arbitration. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2019 – via pca-cpa.org.
  8. ^ "UNDT Appoints Solomon Areda as Half-Time Judge – – Ethiopiannewsdigest". November 16, 2022.