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The Attorney General of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ዐቃቢ ህግ) is a law official that ensures law and prosecutes criminal investigation under Council of Ministers Proclamation No.943/2016. It was established in 2016 with Getachew Ambaye serving as the first attorney general from 2016 to 2018.
The ministry was established in 2008 under Proclamation No.916/2008. The ministry's head is appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR).
The authority of these laws stem from traditional and local customs, evolved from traditional elder councils, which do not have legal authority. However, they can still carry out moral duty and observed in rural areas of Ethiopia such as Shemagelle in Amhara, the Bayito and Abo Gereb in Tigray, the Luba Basa in Oromia. [24]
Ethiopia has dual judicial system with two equivalent court structures; the federal courts and state courts with independent structures and administration. [1] The FDRE constitution vested federal judicial authority to the Federal Supreme Court and guarantees liability for the House of People's Representatives (HPR) to determine two-third majority vote for establishment subordinate federal ...
Since the new constitution of Ethiopia enacted in 1995, Ethiopia's legal system consisted of federal law with bicameral legislature. [1] The House of People's Representatives (HoPR) is the lower chamber of bicameral legislature of Federal Parliamentary Assembly with 547 seats and the House of Federation with 108 seats, the former vested on executive power of Prime Minister and the Council of ...
25 December – The Ethiopian National Defense Force closes the country's border with Somalia following heavy fighting in rural areas of Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes.
According to Article 16 of Proclamation 691/2010, the Ministry of Justice had the following powers: [5] Is chief advisor to the Federal Government on matters of law; Represents the Federal Government in criminal cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts; withdraw criminal charges for good causes; follow up the execution of decisions of the courts
Legal history of Ethiopia (4 C, 7 P) Human rights in Ethiopia (5 C, 11 P) J. Ethiopian judges (7 P) ... This page was last edited on 23 May 2024, at 04:08 (UTC).