This serves as the proclamation to ratify the protocol to the African Charter on human and peoples’ rights on the rights of women in Africa. The protocol was adopted in Maputo, Mozambique on 11 July 2003. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is given the responsibility to cooperate with other relevant organs to implement and follow-up the Protocol. It contains several reservations and declarations on the protocol.

These regulations are to establish the Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute as an autonomous federal government office having its legal personality. The Institute shall be accountable to the ministry of environment and forest. It shall, among other things: Identity, import, adapt, utilize, and generate technologies that significantly contribute to forest development; coordinate the environment and forest research activities carried out by environment and forest research centres or higher education institutes. The institute shall also work towards mitigating environmental degradation, desertification, and extinction of species, among other things.

This is a Law to provide for the nationality and registration of ships in Ethiopia, the use of Ethiopian ships, and navigation in Ethiopian waters. The proclamation details Shipowners, managers and the master; Regulation of maritime employment; Contracts relating to the use of the ship; Maritime collisions, assistance, and salvage; Participation in general average; Insurance; Penal provisions; and Miscellaneous articles.

The Proclamation provides for the establishment of the Water Resources Development Fund, detailing its objectives, resources of the Fund, and administration of the Fund.

This Proclamation establishes the Ethiopian Wildlife Development and Conservation Authority as an autonomous public agency of the federal government. The Authority shall be accountable to the ministry of culture and tourism. The authority shall, among other things; coordinate all activities relating to policies and laws drafting, to drive the development, conservation, and utilization of wildlife resources; develop and administer wildlife conservation areas; issue hunting permits to foreign tourists.

This proclamation is a re-amendment to the Ethiopia commodity exchange establishment proclamation of 2007 (as amended). The ministry of trade and industry acts as the supervisory body.

The proclamation is to amend the Definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation of 2015.

The objective of this Proclamation is to ensure that the country and its communities obtain a fair and equitable share from the benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources to promote the conservation and sustainable utilization of the country’s biodiversity resources”. The Proclamation applies to access to genetic resources found in situ or ex-situ conditions and community knowledge.”

This Proclamation applies to any prescribed seed specified by the Agency, without prejudice to Sub-Article (I) of this Article, the provisions of this Proclamation shall not apply to a seed produced by a farmer, and sold directly to another farmer; However; this Proclamation shall apply on any producer or farmer, processor, distributor and retailer who advertised seed to engage in a sale of seeds; Unless the seed is used for planting purpose, the provisions of this Proclamation shall not apply to seeds of plants intended for other purposes. This proclamation arises as a need to designate governmental bodies which support, advise and control individuals and organizations engaged in the production, processing, import, export, sale, and distribution of quality seeds.

A proclamation to ratify the Cartegena protocol on biosafety. The protocol was adopted on the 20th day of January 2000. The Environmental Protection Authority is authorized to take, in cooperation with the appropriate Federal, Regional and city government organs, actions necessary to implement the Protocol.

This national strategy addresses the need to meet the MDG 2015 goal of reducing child mortality, specifically, under-five child mortality by two thirds. It analyses and attempts to check the various underlying conditions that account for the major proportion of child mortality. These conditions include inadequate birth spacing, poverty, and inadequate maternal education.

A proclamation to provide for the definition of powers and duties of the executive organs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The provisions of this Proclamation relating to business licenses shall apply to any person engaged in any commercial activity other than those specified under Article 30 sub-article (1) of this Proclamation. The objectives of this proclamation include; strengthening the situations where the trade sector can be supportive of the economic development of the country, and protecting the trade sector from detrimental and unfair activities by appropriately organizing the systems of commercial registration and business licensing.

The proclamation to ratify the Basel convention amendment by the house of peoples’ representatives of Ethiopia.

The proclamation to amend the Definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation of 2010.

The transitional government of Ethiopia recognizes the need to facilitate private sector participation in the capital formation, technology acquisition, and marketing of minerals. This is to drive the contribution of the sector to economic development, and the benefit of the populace. The Proclamation applies to and governs the conduct of all mining operations and related activities within the territory of Ethiopia. It details mining rights, pre-development rights, discovery, and development rights, among other key frontiers.

The proclamation applies nationwide. It contains detailed information on rights and incentives of private, and community forest developers, obligations, rights of association, as well as a clear distinction about the classifications of state forest. It is issued in recognition of the crucial role played by forests in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.

A proclamation to provide for the public-private partnership. It focuses on ensuring the availability of legal frameworks to back efficient exploration of the partnership per the relevant article(s) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The proclamation establishes the tourism commission as an autonomous federal government public institution, accountable to the council of ministers. The commission has the sole objective of promoting and developing tourism in the country.

The Proclamation defines the right to acquire, free of charge, rural land by peasants, pastoralists and semi-pastoralists engaged in agriculture; it also makes provisions for the equal rights of women concerning land and provides for the protection of such rights. It avails rural youths, who wish to engage in agriculture the right to get and use rural land which is possessed by the community or government. The Proclamation also defines the special rights of other disadvantaged persons.