9 | P age b on interrogation method under British and Ethiopian law. The research concluded that British have more detail and comprehensive legal order than Ethiopia that governs interrogation methods and the result of extending the limit. 47 Besides, the research reached at the conclusion that the criminal law of Ethiopia makes the police use of improper method of interrogation crime. 48 This research too did not deal with the prosecution of torture in practice in Ethiopia rather it discussed the procedural issues of interrogation by police. Thirdly, T. Tesfaye in his article entitled Human Rights Violation in Ethiopia from 1991-2017: The Case of Torture and Ill- Treatments‟ discussed the violation of rights against torture and other ill-treatments in Ethiopia during the last three decades. 49 The article concluded that there is no sufficient international, regional and national mechanism adopted for the enforcement of the rights even if there are laws prohibiting and preventing torture. Thus, he suggested that Ethiopia should sign those international protocols that provide international compliant mechanisms and should include torture as an offence in the criminal code and also adopt national compliant mechanism as well as provide victims with effective and appropriate compensation. 50 This article too did not address the nature and scope of torture under Ethiopian law and practice in light with international law. Therefore, the criminalization and prosecution of torture under Ethiopian criminal law has not been studied in light with the nature and scope of torture under international law. 1.4. Objectives of the Study The study has the following general and specific objectives. 1.4.1. General Objectives The general objective of the research is to compare the nature and scope of torture in the criminalization and prosecution of torture under Ethiopian law and practiced in light with the international law. ibid 74-86. ibid. T. Tafese, Human Rights Violation in Ethiopia from 1991-2017: The Case of Torture and Ill-Treatments‟ (2019) available at < https://www.academia.edu/38195835/Human_Rights_Violation_in_Ethiopia_from_1991- 2017_The_Case_of_Torture_and_Ill-Treatments > (accessed on 3 April 2019). ibid.
