Dr Solomon Dersso is a Commissioner at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, serving his second term as member of the Commission. He  served as Chairperson of the Commission from 2019 to 2021.  He also is the Chairperson of the Commission’s  Working Group on Extractive Industries, Human Rights, and the Environment (WGEI). Dr Dersso is also the founding Director of Amani Africa Media and Research Services, a pan-African policy research think tank based in Addis Ababa; and is an Adjunct Professor at the Addis Ababa University College of Law and Governance Studies.