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The Ethiopian Federal Prison Commission is responsible for the custody, reformation, and rehabilitation of prisoners in Ethiopia as well as implementing judicial decision. [1] It was established in 1995 under Proclamation No. 365/2003.
The Ethiopian Federal Police arrested hundred people in Addis Ababa. The measure was criticized by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission stating "there has been widespread arrest of civilians who are of ethnic Amhara origin." Many activists called out the arbitrary arrest, saying it was targeted to ethnic Amharas.
In December 2018, the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the creation of an Ethiopian Reconciliation Commission. [1] [3] The creation of the ERC was formally published in Federal Negarit Gazeta as Proclamation 1102/2018 on 5 February 2019, with the proclamation becoming law on 25 December 2018.
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 ...
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
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 House of Peoples Representatives approved the state of emergency proclamation that was referred to it by the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers declared the State of Emergency 5/14 in relation to armed conflict involving the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in relation to the Tigray War and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in relation to the Oromo conflict.
The current ministry was established 23 August 1995 with the passing of Proclamation 4-1995, which also established the other 14 original ministries. [1] The current minister of foreign affairs is Gedion Timotheos since 18 October 2024.