Dr. Mizanie Abate Tadesse is the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) following years of service in several senior positions within the Commission, including Senior Strategic Advisor to the Chief Commissioner, Senior Director for Human Rights Monitoring and Investigation, Senior Advisor for Human Rights Promotion, and Director of the Socio-Economic Rights Department. He has also served as an Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at the School of Law, Addis Ababa University.

Dr. Mizanie has built extensive experience in human rights research, teaching, advocacy, and institutional leadership. Over the years, he has contributed to the advancement of human rights through academic research, public engagement, and consultancy work for Ethiopian and international organizations. His areas of expertise and research interest include socio-economic rights, business and human rights, clinical legal education, and access to justice.

He earned his LL.B. from Addis Ababa University in 2004, an LL.M. in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria in 2007, and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Alabama in 2012. He was also a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, where he conducted research on reforming clinical legal education for pedagogical and social justice purposes.