Abdulnasir Adem
Ethiopia

Abdulnasir Adem has nearly 10 years of experience working in the areas of human rights and education. He serves as the head of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) Jigjiga office. He leads the office’s wide-ranging activities, including overseeing the human rights work throughout the planning, implementation, and evaluation stages. In the past three years, Abdulnasir has played a key role in reforming and restructuring the EHRC Jigjiga office and has led critical monitoring and investigation endeavors. Before joining the EHRC, Abdulnasir worked as an academic in universities in the eastern part of Ethiopia. Abdulnasir holds a Bachelor of Law from Addis Ababa University and a Master of Law from Central European University. After completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Abdulnasir plans to work for the entrenchment of human rights-based governance in Ethiopia, focusing on bridging the gap between local communities, customary and religious systems, and the state apparatus.