A proclamation to provide for freedom of the mass media and access to information.

A proclamation to ratify the convention on the rights of persons with disability.

A proclamation to ensure the conformity of the electoral law of Ethiopia proclamation with the constitution of the federal democratic republic of Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian electoral, political parties registration, and election’s code of conduct proclamation.

This is a proclamation to amend the electoral law of Ethiopia. This is essential to enable the “nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia exercise their right to self-administration without any discrimination through their representatives elected in a direct and free election”.

This proclamation is applicable to; all general elections conducted in Ethiopia as well as local elections, by-elections, re-elections, and referendums; and citizens who have formed a political party to contest in elections; political parties along with their leaders, chairpersons, members, supporters, representatives, party or individual candidates; fronts, coalitions, alliances and mergers.

This proclamation specifies the provision of rights and duties of citizens when forming political parties and acting as members of political parties. It seeks to provide basic principles to be followed by political parties to enable them to act upon having legal personality.

This 2008 proclamation, numbered 613, ratifies the African Charter on democracy, election, and governance. This is in line with the adoption of the charter at the 8th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union at its Session held in Addis Ababa on 30 January 2007″.”””

“The 662nd proclamation of 2009 highlights the drive to provide an electoral code of conduct for political parties, candidates, members and supporters of political parties. This is to ensure that subsequent elections, which draw lessons from previous elections, are transparent, free, legitimate, fair, peaceful, democratic and acceptable by the people”.

This proclamation aligns itself with this opportunity and seeks to prepare a national professional standard under the technical and vocational education and training system. This standard hopes to put in place an occupational competence assessment system through which members of society obtain skill through different means”.”””

This initiative charts the course for the country to move towards a climate-resilient green economy. It strives to ultimately achieve the government’s long-term vision of attaining a carbon-neutral middle-income country status.

This 2007 proclamation, numbered 514, ratifies the United Nations Convention against corruption. This is in line with the adoption of the charter at “the United Nations Convention at Merida, Mexico, on December 9 2003”.

The 2007 proclamation, numbered 545, ratifies the African Union Convention on preventing and combating corruption. This is in line with the adoption of the charter assigned on “11 July 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique”.

The disclosure and registration of assets of public officials are crucial to the transparent and accountable evaluation of different government administrations. This helps to prevent corruption and illegal acquisition of assets. This proclamation thus pushes to create the necessary transparent system. This is to guide the conduct of public officials, to ensure public and private affairs do not intertwine.

It is equally important to ensure witnesses and whistle-blowers who provide information on criminal offences are safely protected to build up trust in the system. This proclamation legislates the protection systems that need to be put in place to protect witnesses and whistle-blowers of criminal offence from direct or indirect danger and attack they may face as a consequence thereof and thereby to ensure their safety”.”””

Proclamation number 488 of 2006 focuses on establishing the Ethiopian organic agriculture system. This proclamation is a response to the increasing yearning for organic agricultural products globally. The government recognizes the opportunity therein concerning the creation of a new market and higher prices of organic produces. The Ethiopian organic agriculture system strives to adopt internationally accepted production, processing and distribution systems in the country.

This proclamation transfers the rights and obligations of the disaster prevention and preparedness agency to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This is in line with Sub-Article (1) of Article 55 of the C64Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

“This proclamation finds it necessary to regulate the proper production, distribution, and use of veterinary drugs. This is to beef up the safety, efficacy, and quality of the products and to enhance the productivity and health of the livestock population. It also finds it necessary to strengthen the administration of feed to increase the development of the feed industry and animal production”.

This document contains two parts: articles on the application and issuance of transit, tourist and entry visas and application, issuance and validity of travel documents.

This proclamation applies to overseas employment relations of Ethiopians conducted by public employment organs, through agencies or on direct employment and Ethiopians travelling abroad to engage in overseas contracts of housemaid service for non-profit making purposes.